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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: Uche johnson <reflexjwha@gmail.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: skybankplcnig@yahoo.co.za
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:45:54 +0200
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION FUND $8.5M

ATTEND MY DEAR BENEFICIARY
We have mandated SKY BANK NIGERIA PLC,to send you the ATM CARD and PIN
NUMBER which you will use to
withdraw all your USD8.5 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any
part of the world, but the
maximum you can withdraw in a day is USD6.000.00 Only .this Card will be
delivery to your door step
as soon as you contact Mr uche Johnson
You are therefore advice to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department
Contact Person:Mr uche Johnson
Office email address:ubabankplc42@yahoo.com.tw
Direct Phone : (+2348088588825
PLEASE RECONFIRM YOUR FULL INFORMATION
FULL NAMES,
TELEPHONE,
HOME ADDRESS,
POSTAL,
OCCUPATION,
STATE,COUNTRY,

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