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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: "Mrs. Juliet Benjamin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <julietbencentrbank@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Jun 2016 16:33:15 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION !

Attn:Beneficiary,
 
Congratulation, We received an Instruction from UN to send you, your compensation fund, therefore We are Congratulating you as one of our new Atm Global Cardholders. We are pleased to inform you that your name is among the list to receive their fund worth of ($1.5million us dollar) which will be loaded into Your ATM CARD that will be issue to you as directed by office of Mr.President Muhammadu Buhari, Federal Executive Council and Central Bank Of Nigeria in Conjunction with directives from United Nations and World Bank/IMF Delegations after their meeting, last week due to petitions from those that are victims of scam, and unpaid foreign beneficiaries of their fund,like you as part of Campaign of new change in Nigeria.
Your fund is duly to be paid you immediately without any further delay. through this medium ATM SWIFT CARD ONLINE, so you are advice to get back immediately with your current receiving information address where the Card will be send, including your phone number,for easy communication, With your instant Atm Global Card, Atm Swift Card Online you can carry out cash withdrawals and other basic banking services from 945,000 ATM worldwide that display "Visa Card, Inter-switch You can also make payments online via (selected internet sites ) and at more than a thousand shops, hotels, restaurants etc, at the point of sale/terminals.
The copy of your ATM CARD is ready to attach for you to view and to be dispatched to your destination with your access pin code,once we received your respond mail. To be honesty with you, you will pay for the Courier Service Delivery Fee and It is not negotiable.
Wait For Your Expedite Response.
Kind Regards,
Mrs. Juliet Benjamin
INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT.
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

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