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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: Maryln Hoddson <atmdeliveryunitsvemet@interchange.com>
Reply-To: marylnhoddson@yahoo.com.ph
Date: Mon, 29 Jun 2015 16:11:00 +0200
Subject: Reply Right Now



Head of United Kingdom Financial Intelligent Unit, United Kingdom
Address: Skanska UK Pss House Denham Way Maple Cross Rickmansworth
Hertfordshire WD3 9SW.UK Web:www.skanska.co.uk

Sir,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your payment
file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received
your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the
obligations giving to you in respect to your inheritance funds.

Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some fraudulent
officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop
if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. After the board
meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a
solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your
payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER in Europe, America,
Africa and Asia Pacific, which is the instruction given to us by
Financial Service Authority United Kingdom.

This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to
withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but
the maximum is ($20,000.000) Thousand Us Dollars per transaction. And
the total amount that is in the card is $5.5million (USD) So, if you
like to receive your fund this way,reply to this office immediatelyfor
the issuing of your (ATM)CARD.

(1) Your Full Name:.........................

(2) Address To Delivery your ATM:.......................

(3) Direct Phone:..........................

(4) Means of Identification:.......................


We shall be expecting to receive your information and you have to stop
further communication with anybody or office apart from this office of
the residency. On this regards, do not hesitate to contact me for more
details and direction, and also please do update me with any new
development.

Thanks for your co-operation,

Maryln Hoddson
Head of Investigations Financial Intelligence Unit

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