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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.Charles Martins" <boobori@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Charles Martins" <diplomatekerry@diplomats.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2015 18:22:35 +0900 (JST)
Subject: $950.000 USD ATM CARD Compensation from Foreign Payment Remittance Unit


Good Day,

 Having reviewed all the obstacles and problems surrounding the transfer of your fund and your inability to meet up with some charges levied against you due to the past transfer options, We the Board of Directors, Universal Credit Bank (UCB) has ordered our  Foreign Payment  Remittance Unit to compensate you with a CORPORATE ATM CARD where your part payment of {$950.000.00 USD will be uploaded and today, we got notice that your Payment has been uploaded into this CORPORATE ATM CARD and also have registered it with FedEx for delivery to you.

 For your information, The delivery charges has been paid and they were supposed to have shipped your packaged ATM CARD but they insisted that you must re-confirm to them your current delivery address to ensure accurate Delivery. MOST IMPORTANT:Due to the content of the package, FedEx mandated that before your package will be shipped a VAT Fee has to be paid according to the New Customs Creed and the essence of such Document is to ensure a hitch-free delivery .

Therefore reconfirm your current delivery address

1.Full Names
2.Delivery Address
3.Telephone Number
4.Your Occupation
5.Your Age
6.Your Id

Contact :Mr.Ekenel.P. Markel
FedEx International Benin
Lot No. 23 Patte D'Oie
03 BP 2147Cotonou
Tel:+229 - 67486191

 Please hurry now as your package might in cure demurrage if it stays
more than 2 0r 3 days with FedEx..

Sincerely,

Mr.Charles H.Martins.
ATM DEPARTMENT.   

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