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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 James Abel" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jamescoker@qq.com>
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 2013 13:24:24 +0200
Subject: GET BACK TO ME URGENTLY

 

Dear Beneficiary,

 

This is to officially inform you that an ATM Card that worth USD

 

$2.000.000.00 has been issued as a compensation

 

p a y m e n t for all the short listed 2011/2013 scam victims whose email

 

address was recovered during the recent internet probing and

 

investigation process.

 

Your email address was found among the list so we are in no doubt

 

believed that those syndicates must have collect m o n e y from you

 

through their dubious criminal ways.It was on these very

 

recommendation that the International Monetary f u n d (I M F) in

 

conjunction with the United States Government after and Zenith B a n k

 

Plc series of meeting held came up with a sanction to all West African

 

countries to compensate all the foreign victims with a p a y m e n t benefit

 

of USD$2.000.000.00 each in order to restore the

 

Global Economy to the enviable standard of respectability.

 

Please note that upon receipt of your response we will process and

 

send you ATM Card p a y m e n t and you will use it to withdraw your m o n e y

 

in any ATM machine in any part of the world, so if you like to receive

 

your f u n d, contact the director in charge of the compensation p a y m e n t

 

at ATM p a y m e n t DEPARTMENT. Rev.James Coker  and also send him the following information;

 

Full Name

 

Phone Number

 

Mailing Address

 

Age and Sex

 

Occupation191

 

If you need an urgent attention please call Rev.James Coker on his

 

direct-Telephone + 2 3 4 8 1 5 3 5 31 8 2 2 Your immediate compliance to this

 

will expedite actions on your p a y m e n t because here in this office we

 

have a lot of listed victims to be settled.

 

 

Best Regards,

 

Mr James Abel

 

I M F COMPENSATION OFFICE

 

 

rev.jamescoker@qq.com

jamescoker@qq.com

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