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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: John Bello <johnrr@mail.com>
Reply-To: johnbello234@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 09 Sep 2013 09:58:54 +0200
Subject: A.T.M CARD




RE: FILL IN ATM DATA BASE CARD CAREFULLY


ATTN,

I acknowledge the receipt of your mail and I write to inform you that your
personal information wasn't completed as instructed by the UN High Commission
Compensation Unit Zurich Switzerland and It is my obligation as zenith bank
manager to enlighten and confirm to you that your ATM CARD is here with the
Zenith Bank Plc, which I have been waiting to hear from you as to direct me on
how to send the ATM CARD to you.

For your information, I want state clearly that your not required to
pay for any
upfront charges/fees before you receive your legitimate compensation
ATM CARD as
instructed by the UN Secretary General Mr. Ban Ki-Moon and High Commission
Zurich Switzerland to proof reality, authenticity and genuineness of this
transaction and I assure you that this transaction is %100 percent
legitimate.You are only required to pay for the shipment and insurance

However, you’re required to reconfirm your personal information’s for us to
conduct our computer analysis to ascertain the correctness of your
information.

NAME:......................... ...........
AGE:.......................... ..............
SEX:.......................... .............
ADDRESS:...................... .........
EMAIL:........................ ............
DIRECT PHONE:.....................
OCCUPATION:................... ......
COMPANY:...................... ........
AMOUNT.....................
COUNTRY:...................... ..........

In view of the above, you’re required to fill in this Payment
Verification Form
carefully and return back to our Foreign Remittance Department and it
is also my
obligation/compulsion to inform, enlighten you that you’re mandatory and
required by this Finance Institution to fill in the attached ATM DATA
BASE FORM
carefully and return back within twenty four (24) bank official hours for the
commencement of all the necessary documentation, which will facilitate the
PROGRAM of your ATM CARD.

Note: that any information provided to us shall be use to PROGRAM your
ATM CARD
and we shall not be held responsible for any wrongly information.

Please do not hesitate to ask questions where it is necessary for more
clarification.



For proper record and security reasons any message you receive without the
branch payment code (505), kindly ignore the message and contact us
immediately
for security reasons.

Finally, when calling, always ask for the branch code number, which is (505)

Your Faithfully

John Bello



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