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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: "MICHAEL H. ANTHONY" <officedepartment8@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "MICHAEL H. ANTHONY" <departmentoffice8@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 1 Oct 2015 02:52:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS


DIRECTOR OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
COTONOU, BENIN REP
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT

ATTENTION:

Meanwhile, This is a true compensation Approved from the UNITED NATION to compensate you due to maybe you have been scam before and again you may be victim of scam by wrong people who paraded them selves on what they are not, so because of this, the United Nation approved the DIAMOND BANK in Africa where your fund originated to process ATM MASTER CARD with valid cash of usd$44,000.000.00 million in your favor in order to compensate you so that if you have been scammed before this is a compensation and you will be making your withdrawals from the ATM MASTER CARD as you will be allowed in making withdrawals minimum of usd$20,000 (Twenty Thousand usd) per a day or every 24hrs from any ATM MACHINE around you. Your ATM MASTER CARD will be delivered  to your address through courier delivery services within 2 days.

please note that we are only using FEDEX COURIER COMPANY,as it is the only company that we signed a contract with, so we can actually monitor the delivery, so many complaints are rising up every day, concerning the inability of the young courier companies unable to make deliveries, we have also learn that the dhl company asks for security fees, IMF fees, FBI fees.

my dear there is no such thing as that, the only payment that the courier companies anywhere in the world asks of is just the delivery fee and the security fee, which is very understandable,  please you have to be very careful in your dealings as there is no such thing as IMF fee. or documents,
the united nations has warned all the security agencies to desist from an illegal act, as this fund is been sent to you due to the rate of poverty,and as such no one has the power to stop your delivery,

for you to be  safe, we will assign a special task force team to follow up your delivery with the delivery MAN SO AS TO BE SURE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR PARCEL,

YOUR ATM CARD IS ALREADY ACTIVATE FOR YOUR WITHDRAWAL.

BELOW ARE YOUR ATM CARD DATA :
AMOUNT CREDIT : USD$44.000.000.00 MILLION
YOUR ATM CARD ACCOUNT # : 4033052100311896
CARD LIMIT PER A DAY : USD$20,000
EXPIRING DATE : 12/08/2016
PIN CODE # : 7501

You are required to send your full details such as :
Your full name
Your full contact Address
Your Telephone/mobile number.

ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE ONLY FEE YOU WILL SEND DOWN TO THE COURIER COMPANY IS JUST THE DELIVERY AND SECURITY FEE WHICH IS JUST $69 NO ONE DARES TO ASK FOR ANY MORE FEES. IF ANYONE DOES, REPORT TO US IMMEDIATELY. YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT THIS DELIVERY, YOU WILL BE SURPRISED ON HOW EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT ACCORDINGLY, DON'T HAVE DOUBT AT ALL OK. EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE TRUST ME,

YOU ARE TO SEND THE REQUIRED FEE TO THIS AGENT NAME VIA WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM OR RIA TRANSFER.

RECEIVER NAME.......DAVID CHIKE
COUNTRY...,,,BENIN REPUBLIC
AMOUNT.....$69
TEXT QUESTION... Urgent
TEXT ANSWER..  Now
MTCN OR REFERENCE NO....

Once you send these above information your ATM MASTER CARD will be processed and delivered to your Address and you can as well move down to any nearest ATM PAYING MACHINE and start your daily withdrawal. if you will be finding it difficult to make use of the card,the man that will be assigned to you will assist you OK. I am waiting to hear from you and your advice forward your details
Congratulations!!

Regards

MICHAEL H. ANTHONY
Director Swift Card Payment Center
call with this Number +229-997 803 38

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