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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: "Dr. Ban Ki-moon" <mochio1985@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Dr. Ban Ki-moon" <wwwinfoww@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Mar 2015 06:36:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention for your payment:


Attention for your payment:

Please you should read this message very careful because its very important. 

My name is Dr. Bank Ki-moon, Director United Nation (UN). Your file came to us for your Inheritance Contract compensation Payment that still unpaid to you. All this while your payment was stop because you are dealing with wrong people and for that reason your payment was placed on hold but now we have settle all the problem for your payment so your funds is free for you to receive without any interruption or delays. 

To avoid any disturbance then we decided to transferred the total funds into an ATM Card for instantly withdrawing your money without no more delays or involve with any security. The ATM is now deposited to the TNT Delivery Company North Carolina, USA branch, due to unable to locate your address.

The ATM card is not a credit card, it is an automated teller machine card (ATM card) which work in all banks with duly inter-switch and the funds can then be transferred into your personal account as soon as you have the card if you wish to. You are only allowed to withdraw usd$10,000.00 per day from the ATM card account in any ATM machine center of your choice in any part of the world or optional as soon as you get the ATM card, you can deposit the total amount in the ATM card into your banking account.

You should also urgently give them your correct address and Phone number to avoid increase on their holding charge. they charged only $24 Per day and was deposited yesterday which is 2 days for now, The item Registration number is (#RX12327CT) the balance that you going to pay is only $48 been their holding charges and time table is really considerable. I advise you to contact them today to avoid no more increases. Use this code (#RX12327CT) as the subject of your mail to them for identification.

Kindly get back to me on how to contact the Courier Service to enable them carryout your delivery as soon as possible. You can also call TNT Delivery Company to confirms +1 612 564-5166.

Yours Truly.

Dr.Ban Ki-moon.

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