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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 Barnes Nanimana <irrevocablepaymentorderviaatm@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 17:33:33 +0200
Subject: IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT

Attention: Honorable Beneficiary,

IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD
We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed united nation
secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary
unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and
approved in your favor. During the course of our investigation, we
discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by
corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your funds into
their private accounts. To forestall this, security for your funds was
organized in the form of your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD
and this will enable only you to have direct Control over your funds in the
ATM CARD. We will monitor this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless
situation created by the Officials of the bank.
An irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued from the Office of the
Presidency on your Payment. However, we are happy to inform you that based
on our recommendation/instructions, your complete contract/inheritance
funds has bee credited in your favor through ATM CARD. You are therefore
advice to contact:
Mr Barnes Nanimana,
Director ATM Payment Department, FIRST BANK PLC OF NIGERIAN
Email ID irrevocablepaymentorderviaatm@gmail.com
Direct Telephone lines:+27846358716,
Contact him now for the delivery of your ATM card. As soon as you establish
a contact with him, an ATM card will be issued to you immediately that you
can use to withdraw your funds in any ATM machine in any part of the world,
but the maximum is usd$10,000.00usd per day. So if you like to receive your
funds through this means you're advised to contact the ATM card payment
center with the following information as stated below:
1. PHONES AND FAX NUMBER, :
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND YOUR ATM CARD
TO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
3. YOUR AGE :
4: OCCUPATION :
5. YOUR FULL NAME.

NOTE:

YOU ARE ADVICES TO FURNISH Mr Barnes Nanimana WITH YOUR CORRECT AND VALID
DETAILS. ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT WHICH WAS CREDITED INTO YOUR ATM
CARD USD$2,500,000.00 ONLY.We expect your urgent response to this email to
enable us monitor this payment effectively thereby making contact with Mr
Barnes Nanimana as directed to avoid further delay.
CONGRATULATIONS.

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