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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: MRS JUDITH EVELYN <mr.gregifeanyi@gmail.com>
Reply-To: MRS JUDITH EVELYN <speedtrustcompanny@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 23:10:03 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Dear Friend,Compliment of the season


 GOOD-DAY!

NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ( $2.800.00) TWO MILLION EIGHT
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT
CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH
YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE
WORLD,

BUT THE MAXIMUM IS FIVE THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY.SO IF
YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,PLEASE LET ME KNOW  BY
CONTACTING FINANCIAL BANK ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SEND THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.


1.FULL NAME.............................
2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD...
3.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER...................................
4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT
OCCUPATION..........................................
5.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION..........
HOWEVER,KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSITION TO RELEASE
YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.

REV. WEST-LAW GEORGE,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
EMAIL:(speedtrustcompanny@gmail.com)
+234-9099077082

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT
AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S)
OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.NOTE THAT
BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HERE BY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH
IS (ATM-0411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD
CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

REGARDS
MRS JUDITH EVELYN

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