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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: MR AVP GREANT <info@zero2hero.nu>
Reply-To: <barr_davidfisher@yahoo.fr>
Date: Wed, 01 May 2013 23:52:41 -0700
Subject: PERSONAL DATA



--
ATTENTION HONORABLE BENEFICIARY

UNION BANK OF AFRICA IN CONJUNCTION WITH STATE INHERITANCE COMMITTEE IN
WHICH MUST BE TREATED VERY URGENT.

We received the letter this morning alongside the scan copy of the
police officer in charge of this case that some individuals claim you
are dead that is why you are not writing again and said you have
instructed them to claim your fund and make it via bank to bank direct
to there bank account.

Bank Name: BANK OF AMERICA
Bank Address: 2075 S. Victoria Ave Ventura, CA 93003
Bank Phone Number: 800 788-7000
Account Name: Mr. Pieter Wolfgang.
Type: Checking
ABA # 322271627
Acct # 1951204345
Amount: US$4.8 Million usd

Pls get back to us now, and if we wait for 48hrs as instructed by the
police and do not hear anything from you, we will have no choice than to
forward the payment to them as you have instructed.

Meanwhile, The State Inheritance Committee in conjunction with the Bank
is to officially inform you that ATM card number: 3774 2856 7847 9006
worth Four Million Eight Hundred Thousand ($4.8 Million USD) has been
credited in your favor in bid to compensate you on your contract payment
with the Federal Republic of Ghana/Benin since you are next on our
payment file for the Second part of this fiscal Year 2013 because we
want to complete every past contractors payment between now and the next
20 working days time. We have instructed the card center to prepare and
send you the ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in any
ATM MACHINE in any part of the world.


Your personal identification is ATM- 7997. Contact Barr.David Fisher
with the following information bellow for proper immediate confirmation
and verification processing of the Card:

Email:(barr_davidfisher@yahoo.fr)

1. FULL NAME_________________

2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER_________________

3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO(P.O BOX

NOT ACCEPTABLE)_________________

4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION_________________

5. A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION _________________


You are also required to send to the verification officer/agent a means
of Identification which should be a scan copy of your Driver's License
or International Passport for proper verification and authentication.


We shall be expecting to receive your information, For now you have to
stop any further communication with anybody or office. On this regards,
do not hesitate to contact me for more details and direction, and also
please do update me if you receive any information from any Office or
Anybody apart this Office.

Pls get back to us now.

Regards
MR AVP GREANT

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