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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. Ekene Davidson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barr.albertjones@live.com>
Date: Sat, 4 May 2013 18:09:47 +0200
Subject: Re: Your Payment Via ATM CARD

Attention Unpaid Beneficiary,

Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trust worthiness you showed at
the course of your transaction with some government and claimed government
officials.

And based on the outcome of the last meeting held with the Federal
Government of this country and the officials of the United Nation
Organization, UNO and International Monitoring Fund, (IMF), we have been
instructed to transfer your funds through ATM VISA CARD.

This is to inform you that (ATM Visa Card Number 4848422551596764) has
been accredited in your favor. The ATM Card Value is $10.000.00 (Ten
Million); You are advice to contact our affiliate ATM UNIT CENTER with the
information below.

The maximum you can withdraw in a day is $15000.00 (Five Thousand Dollars)
you are therefore advice to contact the ATM CARD UNIT CENTER.

Below is the contact detail for you to contact ATM UNIT CENTER for your
ATM VISA CARD.

Contact Person: Barrister Albert Jones
E-mail: barr.albertjones@yahoo.com
Phone: +234-802-6294-575

Here is the information they will need to send the ATM CARD to you.

Full name:
Delivery address:
Telephone number:
Country:
Occupation:
Sex:
Age:
Scanned ID.

Forward the needed information to the ATM UNIT CENTER so that they will
send you your ATM CARD.

Regards,
Mr. Ekene Davidson
Heads of Foreign Operation
Central Bank of Nigeria

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