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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: Johnson Matt <barristerjohn_k@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: Johnson Matt <johnsonmatt660@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2014 08:57:31 +0000 (UTC)
Subject:


 DEAR OWNNER,

THIS EMAIL IS SENT TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR $10.5 MILLION UNITED
STATE DOLLARS UNCLAIMED FUND WHICH HAS BEEN LYING IN THE BANK FOR THE
PAST YEARS. WE HAVE BEEN INSTRUCTED BY THE CONCERN AUTHORITY TO HAVE
YOUR FUND RELEASE PROCESS COMPLETED OTHERWISE THE FUND WILL BE
DECLARED UNSERVICEALBE THAT IS WHY I HAVE DECIDED TO CONTACT YOU TO
KNOW THE REASON WHY YOU HAVEN'T LAID CLAIM TO YOUR FUND. WE HAVE SENT
COUPLES OF EMAILS TO YOU WITHOUT GETTING ANY REPLY FROM YOU. OUR BANK
IS READY AND WILLING TO RELEASE YOUR FUND IMMEDIATELY BECAUSE THE
WORLD BANK, THE UNITED NATION(UN) INCLUDING THE UNITED STATE
GOVERNMENT HAVE SUCCESSFULLY PASSED A MANDATE TO ALL AFRICAN BANKS TO
BOOST THIS EXERCISE OF CLEARING ALL FOREIGN DEBTS OWED TO FOREIGNERS
AND OTHER INDIVIDUALS.

YOU SHOULD ADVISE US ON HOW YOU WANT TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT. WE HAVE
ABOUT TWO (2) METHODS OF PAYMENT WHICH ARE BY.

1. DIRECT BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER. (You shall be requested to
forward your current bank account co-ordinates to receive your funds).

2. ISSUING YOU AN ATM CARD. (We will be issuing you a custom pin based
ATM card which you shall use to withdraw your fund in any ATM machine
in your country but the maximum to withdraw is One Hundred and Fifty
Thousand United State Dollars per day).

TO START PROCESSING THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND, YOU ARE ADVISED TO
CHOOSE ONE PAYMENT METHOD OUT OF THE TWO ABOVE LISTED OPTIONS.

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICE TO KEEP/TREAT THIS MASSAGE VERY CONFIDENTIAL AND
ALSO CEASE FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANYBODY REGARDING THIS
TRANSACTION TO AVOID COMPLICATION.


YOURS SINCERELY
Johnson Matt
MOBILE NUMBER : +229 688 67 261
PLEASE CALL FOR FURTHER COMMUNICATIONS.
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT

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