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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. PHILIP MOORE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrfredmark@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2014 22:15:20 +0100
Subject: Dear valued customer your atm card.

Dear valued customer your atm card.



We have been waiting for you since to contact us for your ATM MASTERCARD WORTH THE SUM $2000,000.00 (TWO MILLION United States Dollars) but we did not hear from you till now, and that was while we decided to contact you.



We went to the bank to confirm if the ATM CARD has expired or getting near to expire and Dr. Wilson the Director OF SPRING TRUST BANK PLC told us that the Atm Card will expired on the 28/ July 2014.


We decided to contact you For your information and to let you know that the delivering Charge have been paid by the depositor of your parcel (JOAXIN COMPENSATION ORGANIZATION {MR. PHILIP MOORE}. So right now the only money you will send to the Courier Service to deliver your ATM CARD direct to your postal Address in your country is($210.USD) only being for the Security Keeping fee. Don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except $210.00 US Dollars for the Security Keeping fee.



The sender would have paid that but we said no because we don't know when you will contact us and in case of demurrage. Find below the details of the Dispatch Director who is in charge of your parcel.



CONTROLLER: Mr. Fred Mark
EMAIL ADDRESS: mrfredmark@yahoo.com.au
PHONE NUMBER: +234 8031879803



Please try and reconfirmed your information with them to avoid wrong delivery.



Full Names:
Postal Address
country
Telephone Number:
Occupation..
Age:




Please if you are not sending the payment for the security keeping fee, don't reply to this Email or reconfirm your details as this will only last for (7) Seven working days,if you are not ready to make the payment before then, We are going to return the parcel back to the depositor, because the parcel have stay long with us.



We are going to send you your tracking number to enable you track your package over there and know when it will get to your address after the confirmation of the payment by our Account Officer.



PAYMENT METHOD: WESTERN UNION OR MONEY GRAM


Name: Victor Thomas
Address: Lagos Nigeria
Text Question: Color
Answer: green.
MTCN:.......................... (fill and send)
Sender's name:.............(fill and send)
Amount Sent:$210




Best Regards

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