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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. Michael J. Burn." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <benedictfreeman967@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2015 01:44:22 -0600
Subject: Attn: Dear Beneficiary, Your ATM Card Is Ready

Attn:
We hereby inform you that the Scotland Yard Police, Interpol, Federal Bureau of Investigation, (FBI) United States of America, the Economic and  Financial
Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria and all the African Crime  fighter leaders have come together to stop scam/internet fraud in Nigeria and all round
Africa. We have recovered over $25 Billion Dollars from  the people we have behind bars.
Our duty is to make sure we stop internet scam and money laundering. As  for today we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We go all over Africa to pick
this internet rats,We have over 8,273 of them in our jail around Africa and we are still looking for more. We are aware that a lot of foreigners out there
have been deceived and lost their hard earn  money to these fraudsters after promising them percentages in their letters/e-mails for their impending help to
move funds out Africa including fake lottery winning notification and at the end of the day,  they will collect thousands of dollars from you without a
successful end. It was agreed that to retain the good image of our country and the rest of  African countries, all the victims who lost his/her hard earn
money to these faceless thieves will be compensated with just $1.500,000.00 (One Million and Five hundred Thousand Unted States Dollars).
This we assume will help you to start a new life.  Please, we apologies that you take our offer as little as it is due to the fact that (victims) in our pay
list are too numerous. We en-back on this pay back from the money we recovered from these fraudsters, So you are advise to contact Mr Benedict Freeman.
let him know if you are still interested to get your Master Card to you today as he have been waiting to hear from you to help him complete this delivery to
you. contact him with your personal information bellow for your Master Card clearance and delivery.
Please note you are only paying him just $350 for the clearance and delivery of your master card to you. As soon as you can reach him ask him how you can
forward the payment for the clearance and delivery of your master card.
Provide your details and forward it to Mr Benedict Freeman to his contact details below.
FLL NAME...
ADDRESS....
COUNTRY....
PHONE NUMBER...
AGE....
Agent Name: Mr Benedict Freeman
Address Email: benedictfreeman967@yahoo.com
Thank and remain Bless
Mr. Michael J. Burn.
Supervising Manage

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