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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: "Mr Tunde Justice" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <united-parcelservice2015@yandex.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Aug 2015 07:46:31 +0530
Subject: (UPS) DELIVERY COMPANY


Attention: Dear Valued Beneficiary

Please read this mail carefully and proceed to collect your ATM CARD worth US$20.000,000.00 payment.Following this year's (2015) review of the global financial matters and just concluded investigations by the Federal Bureau of Investigation in conjunction with the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (E.F.C.C), it is revealed that your email is among the list of people who have never received any of their payments among lottery, inheritance, compensation and awarded contract funds and victims who have lost a lot of money to scammers while trying to claim their funds.

In view of the foregoing, a new payment of US$20.000,000.00 has been approved in your favour and credited into an ATM CARD which shall be delivered to you. Note: Thousands of fraudsters have been using this method in scamming most foreign creditors that we have in the payment list here in our office. We use this medium to inform you that any mail that do not come with the new communication code: NG/.CCUF -HFUR-/RLPPPW/.is false. In this case, you’re adviced not to respond to any mail that does not come with the above communication code for safety purpose.

Our final conclusion was that, the fund should be paid to you via an automated teller machine card (ATM) as it seems, this will be easier and faster for you to receive payment
concrete arrangement have been made with a new delivery Company which is the UNITED PARCEL SERVICE for a safe delivery of the ATM CARD.

OFFICE CONTACT DETAILS:
AGENT:Agent Name: Mr Roy Gold
Contact E-mail: united-parcelservice2015@yandex.com

Your new communication code: NG/.CCUF -HFCR-/RLPPPW/.Do complete the below details for proper verification and documentationalso Reconfirm the followings.


INFORMATION (REQUIRED)

NAME: ................................................ .......................................
GENRE: ................................................ ........................................
COUNTRY/TERRITORY: .............................................. ............................
OCCUPATION: ................................................ .................................
CELL NUMBER: ................................................ ...................................
HOME ADDRESS: ................................................ ...................................


All documents that will give legal back up to your ATM CARD have been made available for your kind perusal. The only requirement from you is $350 (Three Hundred And fifty Dollars) for the Administrative Endorsement and Governmental Clearance Order on your ATM CARD.


You are expected to respond to the above email within the next 24hours to avoid closing your payment file and tagging it as unclaimed.

Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming to be in possession of your Compensation Funds and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office so we could act upon it immediately. Help stop cyber crime.

Thank You

Mr Tunde Justice

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