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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. Jonathan Abraham" <jonathanabraham@superposta.com>
Reply-To: <mrjonathanabraham@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 13 Feb 2015 05:42:52 -0800
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY



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From the Desk of:
ATM Department,
Citibank Nigeria (CitiGroup)
27, Kofo Abayomi Street Victoria Island,
Lagos, Nigeria.
Ref: CIG/100/445

Dear,

This message is in regard to your ATM master card for your compensation
fund sum of US$1,850,000.00.

Citibank was finally contracted to handle the payment of your
compensation fund of the above amount by ATM card. Your email contact is
amongst the list of beneficiaries in the data for sum of
US$1,850,000.00. And I'm assigned by the management of Citigroup to
carryout delivery of the ATM card package to you.

On this note, I am please to inform you that ATM card Number 4120 5350
0029 6238 for the sum of US$1,850,000.00 which has been credited to your
favor is ready for immediate delivery to you. you are hereby required to
confirm to me your present address were you want the ATM card to be
delivered, and to also send the total shipping fee sum of $250 U.S
dollars to enable me deliver the ATM card package to you since no
provision was provided to me for the delivering as the issued Bank
(Citigroup) was not granted right of deductions on the funds.

Upon receipt of this above requirements from you I shall have your ATM
card package dispatched to you by the DHL courier service that will
deliver it to you at your designated home address.

With the card you can make withdrawals from any part of the world at
ATM center near to you. The pin and all necessary user guides will be in
attached on delivery (intact in the ATM card package doc.) which will be
delivered to you by the DHL courier service for your easy use.You will
receive the ATM card package within 72hrs that you send the $250 U.S
Dollars delivery fee to me, meanwhile I shall send the Airway
bill/tracking number to you by your very email address once the package
is dispatched so that you can track it on arrival.

This is the information that you can send the require delivery fee via
the Western Union money transfer service.

Receivers name: Peter Onwujekwe
Address: 27, Kofo Abayomi Street Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria
Test question: We Trust
Answer: In God
Amount: $250.00

Send the $250 U.S dollars delivery fee by this very above information,
test question and answer and send the MTCN to me including the sender’s
name. I shall have the ATM card package dispatch to you without delay.

Best Regards

Mr. Jonathan Abraham
Director of Operations ATM Department CitiGroup Nigeria.

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