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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: "Dr.Jerome Talitah" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mohammedshamim2@superposta.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Oct 2012 03:30:51 -0500
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD




BB BANK
MOTTO: FRATERNITY, JUSTICE, LABOUR"

Dear Customer,

We have been ordered to arrange your payment amounted to US$2.5Million your (pending) payment through our Swift Card Payment (SCP). It is latest instruction from Senate President.This Centre will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to
withdraw your money in any ATM MACHINE in any part of the World.Please be informed that the maximum withdrawal amount is US$15000 per a day.Therefore, if you like to receive your fund through ATM CARD, please contact BB ATM DPT Admin Mr.Mohammed Shamim Email address: (mohammedshamim2@superposta.com) he is in the position to process/release your ATM card.

Please Sir, forward to the honorable your information as request below for the ATM DIPTE:Full name:Address where you want the Office to send the ATM CARD.Phone and fax number:Your age and current occupation:Attach copy of your ID part of our efforts to provide value-added services to our customers and because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-1012) so you have to indicate this code when contacting us
by using it as your subject.The BB Bank African Payment Service (APS) is a quick, efficient
and secure means of receiving funds out of African Countries.Since we have been ordered to
handle the matter, it is our duty to serve you better as long as you can abide in our instructions.

We look forward to serving you.
Thank you.
Yours sincerely,
Dr.Jerome Talitah

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