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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. David Porter" <pDavid.@miracle.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Carlos F. Ude" <atmcenter@yeah.net>
Date: Thu, 5 May 2016 18:46:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Get your atm card now

Hello dear valued customer,

I have contacted my secretary to confirm if you have received the compensation chequ of the $8,5Million US Dollars which I issued in your name before my departure to United Emeritus Dubai for business investment project, but she told me that she could not send the chequ to you till this date due to the reason for Dhl courier charges problem, and now I have called my bank to cancel the compensation payment via chequ and then authorized them to convert the payment into atm debit card in your name which they already did for all the amount with a withdrawal limits each day and with possibility to withdraw money electronically with the atm debit card in any banks or atm machine.

And as of now be inform that the Dhl total delivery charges of $188.00 US Dollars for the Atm debit Card has been paid off with the help of my secretary and the Card is already in your name but the only what you need once you confirm this mail is to send Atm office only sum $97.00 US Dollars for reactivating Fee of the Atm debit Card officially for your immediate use before the delivery will be made to you, and note you also have to forward your current delivery information's direct to the atm office as requested by the atm manager in charge for their recommendation with the Dhl for the delivery after the reactivation is done as it's my agreement with them, and also comply with their instruction for the easier and urgent attention to reactivate the atm debit Card and ship it at your current residence address for your immediate use as well.

This likely the details that the atm office need from you,

1.your full names:______
2.residence address:_______
3.phone number:_________
4.cell numbers:_______
5.private email:________
6.sex:_____
7.age:_____
8.occupation:________
9.country:___________
10.nationality:________
11.copy of passport or ID.

Contact person: Mr. Carlos F. Ude
E-mail: atmcenter@yeah.net
Director atm foreign operation center.

Therefore you have to contact the atm director now and ask him of where or how you will send them the $97.00 US Dollars reactivation Fee for the atm debit card, and now be advice to stop further communication or into contact with anybody else or offices regards to this compensation since I have authorized my bank in what to do and they immediately done it on your behalf, so that you can receive the fund by atm debit card which you will simple be withdrawing the fund electronically with the card through banks or atm machine without any further problems or hitch.

I wait on your update here once you receive the atm debit card and start making use of it Thank you.

Sincerely,
Mr. David Porter

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