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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 Keith R. Carr" <wjmork5617@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mr Keith R. Carr" <Master.card19@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 1 May 2017 23:03:45 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Online Electronic Sweeptake


 
MasterCardMegalottery
MasterCard Office: 2000 Purchase Street
Purchase, NY 10577 U.S.A.
President & CEO: Ajay Banga
 
 
RE: MASTERCARD INTERNATIONAL LOTTERY PROMO:
 
Dear
Beneficiary,
With utmost
felicitation, We are pleased to announce to you the official publication of
results of the E-mail Electronic Online Sweepstakes Organized by MasterCard Inc,
in conjunction with the foundation for the
promotion of MasterCard/Visa Card products(F.P.S), the CreditCard Lottery Promo held on April  2017, we wish to congratulate you for being
among the twelve (12) lucky winners in the on-going online promo, where you
(through an electronic e-mail database random selection) emerged as one of the
twelve lucky  winners. Hence, we
do believe with your prize, you will continue to be active in using
MasterCard/Visa Card products, you havebeen approved by MasterCard/Visa
Card International to receive a credited MasterCard with the sum of $5,800,
000.00 (Five Million Eight Hundred Thousand US Dollars), with the MasterCard No. 5283 0421 0025 3621 and With Reg. No. MCIMJ: 5148/4178.
 
We
want to bring to your knowledge also that your prize with (MasterCard No. 5283 0421 0025 3621
and reg. No. MCIMJ: 5148/4178) has been
credited with the total sum won and insured, ready for pay out and deliver to
the beneficiary door-step according to his/her provided designated home
address, the beneficiary will be able to make withdrawal at any ATM point or
credit card facility in his/her country.
 
Furthermore, your
winning prize delivery logistics will be superintended by our regional
representative office in Africa as was indicated in your winning coupon slip.
 
To process your winning
prize delivery, please contact our Foreign Payment Bureau Officer
electronically by neatly providing the verification details below:
 
(1)   Your Contact Address:   
(2)   Your Contact Telephone/Mobile Number:       
(3)   Your Nationality/Country:                                  
(4)   Your Full Names:                                                   
(5)   Occupation:                                                           
(6)   Age/Gender:                                                           
(7)   Marital Status:                                                       
(8)   Private Email Address:                                         
(9)   Ever Won An Online Lottery?                             
(10)  How Do You Feel As A Winner?                     
(11)  REGISTRATION NO:
(12)  MasterCard No:
 
NOTE: You can either complete your claims
verification form by printing and manually filling out the requested details or
you can fill directly on e-mail, or provide the details on Microsoft Word.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Contact our Foreign Payment Bureau
Officer below:
Keith R. Carr,
President, Asia Pacific and Global
Accounts for MasterCard Worldwide.
Email: Click reply on your browser
 
NOTE!!! For security reasons, you are advised to keep your
winning information confidential till your claims are processed and your money
remitted to you. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Please be WARNED!!!!
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Congratulations from the Staffs
& Members of MasterCard International.
                                                                                
Ajay Banga,                                                                                                        Michael Miebach (Right),
President and Chief Executive Officer,                                President
Middle East and Africa MasterCard,                                                                                         
MasterCard International.                                                   
(©2017) MasterCard International.
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