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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: "Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ngoziokonjoiweala2006@yahoo.it>
Date: Sun, 11 Sep 2016 14:02:02 -0700
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD 2016.S04.

Dear Sir/Madam,

NOTIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD 2016.

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not

received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract

payment.Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to

stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately.

After the Board of director's meeting held in Abuja in conjunction with United Nations and G8 countries, we have resolved in finding a

solution to your problem. We have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT With Central Bank Of Nigeria, this is part of the

mandate passed by the Senate in respect to overseas contract payment and debt re-scheduling. And also the Nigerian Government is using

this means to reward all the citizens of the United states and all part of Europe including Asia, Australia, South America, Canada,

Antarctica e.t.c and all those who have lost their funds in either scam, or an uncompleted business, or otherwise, You should know that

if you are interested to receive your ATM card which will be credited with $5,000,000.00 united states dollars before it is being sent

to you direct to your doorstep through the FedEx courier service, you will have to respond to me with your full information’s, After

your response you will be directed to the FedEx shipping courier representative whose name is Mr. Edward Edward to send your Atm Card to

you.

He will send you your ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money via ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, and the maximum daily

limit is Fifteen Thousand United States dollars ($15,000.00) only or you can go to your bank to off-load the funds. And also note that

the Nigerian Government has taken care of the shipping fee of your ATM card, so if Mr. Edward is requesting for another shipping fee,

you will have to report him to me immediately.

As soon as your ATM card is dispatched i will immediately send your withdrawal pin code to you because your Atm Card has already been

activated.

If you like to receive your fund this way, kindly contact me with the following information’s below.

(1) Your Full Name

(2) Full residential address

(3) Phone and Fax Number

(4) Occupation.

(5) Personal Identification. Driver’s license or International Passport.

(6) Age

(7) Marital Status

(8) Sex

This message is supported by the Nigerian Government, United Nations(UN) and G8countries.Note that you might receive this message in

your inbox or spam or junk folder depends on your web host or server network.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Respectively,

Dr. Ngozi Okonjo Iweala
Minister, Federal Ministry of Finance

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