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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: adam mike <adammike509@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrpauleze@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 01 Apr 2016 12:19:57 -0700
Subject: ATM MASTER CARD




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Dearest Friend:

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 UBA
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 : 02/09/2018
PIN CODE # : 7501

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

Contact Our Diplonatic Agent
Name:Mr. Paul Eze
Phone number: +1 (513) 268 1869:

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 $55 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: JIM UDU
COUNTRY: BENIN REPUBLIC
AMOUNT: $55
TEXT QUESTION: WHEN
TEXT ANSWER:TODAY
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
MR. ADAM MIKE

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