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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 Joy Boron <westernunionmoneytransfercus@yahoo.cn>
Reply-To: atmcard_d@yahoo.de
Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2012 01:55:40 +0800 (CST)
Subject: CONTACT ATM CARD DEPARTMENT VIA EMAIL atmcard_d@yahoo.de























































































































 
DEAR
FRIEND,

NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ($4.5M)  MILLIONS
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 SEVEN
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY
DAY.

SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,PLEASE LET ME KNOW
BY CONTACTING ATM CARD DEPARTMENT CENTER FOR THE RELEASE YOUR ATM CARD TO YOUR
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.

YOUR FULL
NAME..............................
 
YOUR
ADDRESS...................................

YOUR
COUNTRY..................................

YOUR
AGE..............................................

YOUR
OCCUPATION............................

YOUR PHONE
NUMBER.......................

HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON
WHO IS IN POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.

CONTACT PERSON: MR
MIKE KOL
DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
TEl+229 74 74 03 32
EMAIL :(
atmcard_d@yahoo.de )

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO
ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY
OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR
PAYMENT.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HERE BY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE
OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-8411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN
CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

REGARDS,
MRS
JOY BORON



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