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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: "Union Pay/ATM Compensation Payment Notification" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unionpaycentre@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2013 07:33:43 +0800
Subject: Union Pay/ATM Compensation Payment Notification

Economic Advencement & Development Program
Beijing Fortune Plaza 26/F.Office Tower A.
7 Dongsanhuan Zhong Road Beijing 100020,
China PRC.


Union Pay/ATM Compensation Payment Notification


Attention:Beneficiary,


This is to inform you that the China Union Pay settlement Committee and the ATM International Inc. wishes to congratulate you on the successfulemergence in our ongoing fund remittance promo of all ATM card users around the globe.
This scheme was initiated by the C.U.P and the ATM Inc. to compensate ATM card users and also to help the world in the sustainable 2012/2013 poverty alleviation scheme. In regards to this, we wish to inform you that your ATM compensation funds valued at (US$800.000.00) Eight hundred thousand United States dollars has been authorized to be released to you through our corresponding financial institution here in China.

China Union Pay is a leading operator approved by China's Welfare Lottery Center to develop and operate real-time electronic paperless lotter services in China and around the globe,in accordance with the rules and regulations set by China's Welfare Lottery Center as a result of a joint development effort by the China Union Pay and the ATM inc to all ATM card users
worldwide.You are hereby requested to contact the office of our remittance agent Mr. David Long via email and telephone with your personnal detailsfor immediate procession of won fund.

Economic Advencement & Development Program
Beijing Fortune Plaza
26/F.Office Tower A.
7 Dongsanhuan Zhong Road
Beijing 100020, China PRC.
Email: unionpaycentre@yahoo.cn
Contact Person: Mr.David Wang


Required information:

1. Full Name
2. Phone and Fax Number
3. Address Were the ATM Card will be posted to (P.O Box Not Acceptable)
4. Your Age
5. Sex
6. Current Occupation
7. Country:


Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of onduct, which is (ATM-3714) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card center by using it as your subject. Now contact our ATM center Manager
for more details.

We Wait For Your Expedite Response.

Yours in
Service,

Mr. Su Ning.
Online Promotion Announcer.

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