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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: "SAGAY, PERU" <office_office2@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: bankofafricacooperativesociety5@yahoo.com.cn
Date: Tue, 09 Oct 2012 17:01:41 +0700
Subject: BANK OF AFRICA ATM CARD PAYMENT DEPARTMENT!!!



--=20
ATTN SIR

PLEASE BE INFORMED THAT WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF
(($7.2million)) UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT
CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH
YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF
THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES
DOLLARS PER DAY.

PLEASE CONTACT COOPERATIVE SOCIETY BANK OF AFRICA ATM PAYMENT
DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION
AS LISTED BELOW.

1.FULL NAME
2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
3.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW GIVEN PERSON WITH THOSE INFORMATIONS
REQUESTED ABOVE AS HE WILL NEED THEM TO BE ABLE TO PROCESS YOUR FILE
AND RELEASE YOUR ATM CARD.
DR. NZEKWE CHINASA,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
COOPERATIVE SOCIETY BANK OF AFRICA
EMAIL:(bankofafricacooperativesociety5@yahoo.com.cn)
Tel/FAX: 00229-6754-6607

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR
PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER
PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.
NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF
CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN
CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

MR.DON SAGAY,
PERU.

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