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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: "African Reserve Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <marcusdembialomr@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Jan 2016 11:19:09 -0300
Subject: Your ATM Card is Ready

Dear
                                             IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA HSBC BANK ATM CARD
This message is directed to you based on the FAX we received from Office of Mr. Nhlanhla Musa Nene, the incumbent (Minister of Finance) Republic of South Africa received from the International Monetary Funds Agency (I.M.F) and the World Summit meeting headed last regarding the settlement of all Winning/ Inheritance funds to the Beneficiaries. Now, we have actually been authorized by Mr. Nhlanhla Musa Nene, the Honorable (Minister of Finance) Republic of South Africa and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) secretary general to contact you for your overdue payment.
 
This is the third time your Payment file has come to my table and every time an Executive Order comes from the government ordering that your fund should be recalled back to the World Bank Escrow account, without any genuine reason. Meanwhile, our Payment Settlement System (PSS) has received another permanent Authority/Irrevocable Release/Unconditional payments guarantee by the Honorable Minister of Finance, Mr. Nhlanhla Musa Nene to pay you off your Winning/ Inheritance Funds via ATM Master Card.
 
Also note that from my record in my file your outstanding Winning/Inheritance payment is R17, 000,000.00 ZAR (Seventeen Million Rand in South African Local Currency). Now your new Payment Reference No. 35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No: 339331, Pin Code No: 1011 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No: 103, ATM Master Card Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: 1114433, Secret Code No: XXTN013, Having received these vital payment numbers, therefore You are qualified now to receive and confirm Your payment with the CLAIM DEPARTMENT LONDON UNITED KINGDOM via ATM Master Card. Value to GBP?500,000.00 Great British Pounds.
To issue the ATM Master Card, you are therefore advised to contact the CLAIM DEPARTMENT OFFICE IN UNITED KINGDOM, this is so because the United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Honorable Minister of Finance has chosen them to payout your fund, because the Bank ATM Master Card is a global payments technology that enables consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments to use digital currency instead of cash and checks, Kindly contact the Claim Department office United Kingdom now with the below contact details: Claim Department Office
 
Claim Department office South African Reserve Bank now with the below contact details:
Contact: Mr. Robson Raymond Deputy General Director South African Reserve Bank (SARB)
E-mail: inforeservebank@yahoo.co.za
 
1. Your Full Name:
2. Address Where You Want the Courier Company to Send Your ATM Card Parcel or P.O. BOX
4. Sex.
5. Occupation:
6. Cell/Mobile Number:
7. The Security Yellow Tag Papers and DHL Deliver Fee for Dispatch of your Parcel needs to be paid for to Avoid Any Stopping By The Custom When Delivery is on Progress, So Everything Has Been Put Together To Deliver Your ATM CARD To Your Destination, and What is Now Holding The Card is The Security Yellow Tags. Details of The Payment Will Be Furnished To You Upon Request To Send the Security Yellow Tag.
Yours in Services.
MR. MARCUS DEMBIALO      
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
(FIC) SOUTH AFRICA.

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