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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Jill Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fred.andersono1@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2012 17:28:41 -0700
Subject: CONTACT ATM DEPARTMENT FOR YOUR PAYMENT

Attention my Dear,

Greetings. I have been expecting you to come down and pick your check of $2.5 Million dollars from my boss but did not hear from you since his departure, so i requested the issuing bank United Bank for Africa (UBA) to credit the total funds into an ATM VisaCard to avoid expiry as my vacation has been scheduled already.

Your total funds has been credited as requested and the ATM card will allow you withdrawal from any ATM machine in the world without any Hindrance. Kindly contact the Director of the UBA ATM department with the security code ( UBA/ATM-2201-BN) to claim your card and reconfirm your delivery address / telephone number to avoid mistake on delivery.

Director ATM Dept - Dr. Fred Andersono.
E-mail: ( fred.andersono1@hotmail.com )
Telephone number : (+229) 960 83744.

I advise you cooperate with the Director to successfully receive your funds as i will be going for maternity leave. Call Dr. Fred Andersono now to avoid delay.

Best regards.
Barrister (Mrs) Jill Williams

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