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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: Emeka Onu <emekaonu201285@yahoo.fr>
Reply-To: atmcardpayment_centre36@yahoo.fr
Date: Mon, 17 Dec 2012 14:14:19 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: Your Payment Via Atm Card.Treat As Urgent.



DEAR BENEFICIARY,

NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ($2,5M) TWO MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT  CENTER ,
SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,
CONTACTING ATM CARD PAYMENT DIRECTOR THUS:
ATTN:BARRISTER  JOHN CLARK
TELL: +2347083609135
EMAIL :(atmcardpayment_centre@yahoo.fr)
WITH THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION .

YOUR  FULL NAME......... 
ADDRESS........
COUNTRY............
AGE..........OCCUPATION............
PHONE NUMBER................

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. WE HERE BY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-8244) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER .

REGARDS,
MR.EMEKA ONU.

 

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