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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: "KENNY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gfdgfdhdd@rediffmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Feb 2014 05:21:16 -0800
Subject: Read this message carefully and respond

DEAR MR.

I RECEIVED YOUR MAIL. DR. EBEN KENNY HAVE INTERCEDED ON YOUR BEHALF BEFORE I READY YOUR MAIL.WELL, I WILL DO MY BEST TO ASSIST YOU JUST FOR THE SAKE OF DR. EBEN KENNY. PLEASE, NOTE: WE PREFERRED ELECTRONICS WIRED TRANSFER HERE .(i.e through card to card means).


BELOW ARE THE REQUIRED INFORMATION NEEDED FROM YOU FOR THE LOAN YOU REQUESTED:

NAME ON THE CARD.................
CARD NAME .......................
BANK NAME AND ADDRESS...........
CARD NUMBER......................
LAST FOUR NUMBERS OF YOUR SSN....
TOLL FREE NUMBER................
CARD LIMIT.........AND EXPIRING DATE.....................
AMOUNT.......................


NOTE:WE DO NOT ACCEPT ANY FORM OF PREPAID/DEBIT CARD.YOUR CARD MUST BE REGULAR CARD.
AGAIN, YOU ARE ADVICE TO LIMIT/EMPTY THE CARD TO ZERO AMOUNT BEFORE SENDING IT TO ME FOR SECURITY PURPOSES.


NEVERTHELESS, I'M SORRY TO HEAR THAT YOU ARE A LITTLE DISABLED FROM CAR ACCIDENT 10 YEARS AGO.MAY THE GOOD LORD STRENGTHEN YOU IN ALL GOODNESS.


WISHING YOU ALL THE BEST IN LIFE.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr. EBEN KENNY, (Director)

ATM Approved Fund Cards Releasing)

Intercontinental Bank Plc

Intercontinental Building, Victoria- Island Lagos-Nigeria.

Tel #: +234 7084519486

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