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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: Mary Seidman <wumt2012@barid.com>
Reply-To: Mary Seidman <jerrywilliams2112@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 22 Sep 2015 02:14:15 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Release/Transfer Notice for your due Funds $8,500,000.00 Million USD.

Release/Transfer Notice for your due Funds $8,500,000.00 Million USD.

This
is to inform you that we discovered during our audit that you have
not received your payment according to the earlier instructions. YOUR
NAME AND EMAIL ADDRESS WAS SHORTLISTED AS ONE OF THE OUTSTANDING
BENEFICIARY OF THIS COMPENSATION PAYMENT. It’s on this basis we are
contacting you for the payment of your unclaimed fund. Meanwhile we are
so sorry for any damages this delay might have caused you before now.

It
is my pleasure to let you know that I have used my office as the
managing director to smooth the progress of our agreement to pay you
the sum of ($8,500,000.00 Million USD) through ATM CARD/SWIFT CARD of a
maximum withdrawal value of $10,000 USD is permitted on a withdrawal
per day. We are duly inter-switched, so you can make withdrawal in any
ATM Center or cash point of your choice worldwide. This method of
payment is designed to avert stoppage of fund by Some Agencies.

However,
we received an email from one RONALD POWELL who claims to be your
next of kin; the email he sent clearly stated that you died on a motor
accident. He also submitted his payment information that would be
used in transferring the money to his name as your next of kin. The on
going compensation was publicized for awareness on public domain so
that the beneficiaries (their names and email addresses) we had in our
inventory will tune up for their claims and also to facilitate the
process to prevent prolonging. Perhaps, that could be how RONALD POWELL
got the opportunity to maneuver the system with the intention to claim
your payment. But we needed to verify if you were really dead before
we pay attention to his alleged request.

Note: I am demanding
for your authorization now, before releasing the funds to RONALD
POWELL who indicated that you have been buried already. Failure to
respond to this message will leave us with no other option than to
transfer the funds to RONALD POWELL according to his claim.

All
matters relating to the immediate release of your compensation fund
has been regularized, and final approval would be issue out as soon as
we hear from you. To file for your claim, please fill the required
information as stated below and send it back to us immediately.

Your First Name: Middle Name: Last Name:

Your Full Address:

Country:

Your Occupation:

Your direct telephone number (Mobile):

Your Next of Kin Name and your date of Birth:

The
Information's would be used in opening an account here. It is from
here that the ATM would be used in issuance of The SWIFT CREDITS CARD
in your favor with the Credit Card Number and all your information
inserted into the card. Upon the completion of this issuance of the
Credit Card, it would be send to you via Courier to your residential
Address within 24hours.

Based on this you are advised to contact
Mr. Jerry Williams who is the foreign operations director for the
release of the payment to you without delay. I told Mr. Williams that I
will advise you to contact him immediately with this his direct phone
number (+229 618 627 73) so he looks forward to hearing from you
urgently.

Remember to indicate the registration code of
(AX001DAWU) to him while contacting him. Perhaps he does not pick your
calls do email us the above details which will be forwarded to him and
be rest assured he will get back to you with further updates on your
payment.

Mrs. Mary Seidman
Director Auditing Unit.

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