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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 JOHN EMERSON <"WWW."@seagreen.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: MR JOHN EMERSON <deliveryoffice817@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 4 Nov 2016 16:40:13 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Payment Notification

Attn: Payment Notification
This is to bring your notice that, I have paid the reactivation fee and the delivery of your ATM MASTER CARD,I
paid it because the ATM MASTER CARD 4.5 million inside has less than three days to expire and when it expires, the
money inside will go in to government purse. With that I decided to help you pay the money so that the ATM MASTER
CARD will not expire, because I know that when you get your ATM MASTER CARD definitely you must pay me back for
helping you. Now I want you to send your full delivery information

You’re name
You’re country
You’re home address
You’re Tel phone number

include your ID Card

to UPS delivery company so that they can deliver your ATM card The only thing you have to pay is the keeping fee
charges, which is $105 only. Contact; JOHN GREEN
ups delivery company
Email: deliveryoffice817@gmail.com
Phone number: +229 99732892
Regards
MR JOHN EMERSON
ATM CARD; Federal Republic of Benin West Africa

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