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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: GLOBAL ACCESS TRUST COURIER <fofficeoffice11@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: GLOBAL ACCESS TRUST COURIER <globalaccesstrustcourier1@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jan 2015 13:01:23 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: GLOBAL ACCESS TRUST COURIER


 Greetings,

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your loaded VISA
ATM CARD of $450.000.00 United States Dollars which you can withdraw
the money in any VISA ATM MACHINE in any part of the world and the
maximum you can withdraw a day is $1,000 but I did not hear from you
since that time, Then I went and deposited the package with the GLOBAL
ACCESS TRUST COURIER AND EXPRESS DELIVERY Lagos Nigeria before I
travel led out of the country.

What you have to do now is to contact the Global Access Trust Express         
Courier as soon as possible to know when they will deliver your
package to you because of the expiring date. For your information, I
have paid for the delivering Charges,Insurance fee  and Clearance
Certificate Fee of the ATM CARD showing that it is not a Drug Money
nor to sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country,

The only money you will send to the Courier company to deliver your
ATM CARD direct to your postal Address in your country is $155.00(One
Hundred & Fifty Five United States Dollars) only being their Security
Keeping Fee of the Courier Company so far.

Again, don't be deceived by anybody to pay any other money except
$155.00, I would have paid that but they refused because they don't
know when you will contact them and in case of demurrage. You have to
contact the Global Access Trust Express Courier Company now for the
delivery of your ATM CARD package with  this information bellow.

COURIER NAME:GLOBAL ACCESS TRUST COURIER .
CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Anthonio Dasilva
POSITION: FOREIGN DELIVERY DEPARTMENT.
E-MAIL: globalaccesstrustcourier1@gmail.com

Finally, make sure that you reconfirm your full name, your current
Postal address or your home address and direct telephone number to
them again to avoid any mistake on the delivery and to know when it
will get to your address. Let me repeat again,try to contact them as
soon as you receive this mail to avoid any further delay and remember
to pay them their Security Keeping fee of $155.00 for their immediate
action. You should also Let me know through email as soon as you
receive your VISA ATM CARD.

As a matter of fact, make sure as the rightful beneficiary of the VISA
ATM CARD package of $450,000.00, you must contact them by indicating
the code (2661428) to enable them deliver the ATM package as they have
it in their record.

Once you receive it contact them,

Mrs. Grace Campbell.
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