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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: "ANTHONY PETER BROWN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrsrosefavor@yahoo.de>
Date: Mon, 31 Aug 2015 18:10:10 -0800
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERING NOTIFICATION FROM U.B.A

CONTACT ATM PAYMENT CENTER


GREETINGS DEAR BELOVEED FRIEND

I want to inform you about my success in transferring your money into an ATM master card to curtail the risk of carrying huge amount of
money around. The total amount has been coded into ATM master card;please contact the ROSE FAVOR for more instruction on how
to make use of the ATM card to withdraw your money in any ATM machine around the globe. I will be traveling to CHINA for business project
with my own share of the total money.


Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist mein transferring the fund despite that it failed us some how. Now you
can contact the ROSE FAVOR of U.B.A BANK NIGERIA on this email (mrsrosefavor@yahoo.de ) they will send you the
sum of Two Million Five Hundred United State Dollars ($2.500, 000.00) which is your own share for all the sufferings at that time.

That is compensation for all your past efforts I really appreciated your consistency at that time. This card center will send you an ATM
card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine around the world, the maximum withdrawal is Ten Thousand United State
Dollars per day. Feel free to get in touch with the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and give them direction on where to send the ATM card to
you, the only thing they will request from you is the activation fee so contact them right away, I appreciated your efforts at that time
very much.

Do not hesitate to contact the U.B.A BANK NIGERIA ATM payment department center and also re-confirm the following information to them as listed below:

1. Full Name........................
2. Current Address..................
3. Phone Number.....................
4. A Copy of your identity..........
5. Your Nationality.................


Forward the above information to . ROSE FAVOR, the head department officer of ATM payment center U.B.A BANK NIGERIA
Email :(mrsrosefavor@yahoo.de)

Please do let me know immediately you receive the ATM card so that we can share the joy together after all the sufferings at that time. I
will be very busy in CHINA for the project am going to have there with my partner. So contact the ATM center without delay, they will give
you more details of the ATM service.

Finally, be informed that I left instructions to the DEPARTMENT to send the ATM MASTER CARD to you, so feel free to get in touch with the
DEPARTMENT and they will send the CARD to you without any delay.
Best Regards,

ANTHONY PETER BROWN

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