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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: DAVID MARK <johnsondennisjohnson6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: davidmarks685@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2015 12:29:47 +0200
Subject: VERY URGENT

SIR,


today the new president of federal republic Nigeria has approve your
part payment of $500,000 dollars in your name due to the insufficient
fund in the government account, because the old government defrauded
the government fund that was why so many of our contractors was not
paid all there fund.

Your fund was approved via ATM CARD PAYMENT, due to the scam that went
on in the last government through bank to bank transfer, so that is
why we are paying through ATM CARD.

As a result of that, your ATM CARD payment will be ready today by
12,pm out time, so you have to get ready to come to the bank here to
pick up your ATM CARD PAYMENT TOGETHER WITH YOUR CARD PIN NUMBERS, SO
THAT YOU CAN START CASHING YOUR FUND AT ONCE WITH OUT ANY PROBLEM.

For security reason, this card can not stay with bank for more than
three working days after the approval to avoid any problem with your
card.

you should remember this government has no much funds to keep while
other has not been paid, so you have to be fast to come and pick your
card.

but if you can not come to pick up your ATM CARD PAYMENT, we can send
it to you via dhl courier company, but you have to pay for the cost of
398 EUROS ONLY, for your inability to come down for pick up.

BUT IF YOU CAN COME DOWN HERE, YOU WILL NOT PAY ANY FEE AT ALL TO
RECEIVE YOUR CARD PAYMENT.

SO WE WAIT TO HEAR FROM YOU TODAY.

REGARDS.

DAVID MARK.

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