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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: "Mrs.Mary anderson" <hmrc.refund@iutsd.univ-paris13.fr>
Reply-To: "Mrs.Mary anderson" <mrsmaryanderson@postafiok.hu>
Date: Mon, 23 Mar 2015 13:47:28 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Good Day,



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Good Day,
I have deposited the check to the ATM OFFICE. All you have to do is to
contact them With this Email:( mrsmaryanderson@postafiok.hu) they
will give you direction on how you will be receiving your atm card.
My agreement with them is $5,000US dollars daily until the whole of
$2.5millionUSD is exhausted.
You are not expected to pay for the delivery fee or stamp duty fee or
any certificate fee because all the fee is already Paid for you,
execept activation fee. The only fee you will send to them before you
ATM MASTER CARD is delivered to you is activation fee which i did
not know the amount.when you contact the atm office, try to ask them
how much is activation fee of your ATM CARD.Your are free to call us
here +229 99749879 for more explaination.
Email them with your full address such as,
Your full name_________
Your address___________
Your country___________
Your age ______________
Your Sex ______________
Your occupation________
Your Phone number______
please make sure you contact with all the needed information
befor asking how much is the activation fee for security reason.
the contact person is rev,arum james
via this email:(mrsmaryanderson@postafiok.hu)

Thank you
Mrs.Mary anderson

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