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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. GRANT MORGAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unofhsbevr21@aol.com>
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 09:14:44 -0000
Subject: Dear Email Owner


Dear Email Owner,

This is to inform you that we have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU), United Nations (UN), European Union (EU), and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI).We have been able to track down some scam artist in various parts of African countries which includes (Nigeria, Kenya, Ghana and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) soon for Justice.

During the course of investigation, they were able to recovered some funds from these scam artists and IMF organization have ordered the funds recovered to be shared among the 50 Lucky people listed around the World as a compensation. This notice is been directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scam Artists file and computer hard-disk while the investigation, maybe you have been scammed or you are yet to. Well you are therefore being compensated with sum of $3.5 million Dollars.

Since your email address is among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation funds, we have arranged your payment to be paid to you through ATM VISA CARD and deliver to your postal address with the Pin Numbers as to enable you withdrawal maximum of $5,000 on each withdrawal from any Bank ATM Machine of your choice, until all the funds are exhausted.

The ATM Card with Security Pin Numbers shall be delivered to you using courier service like DHL, FedEx or UPS. Please No PO Box or USPS.Also choose the courier service you would like to be use to deliver the ATM VISA CARD and don't forget to reconfirm your following information.So, if you like to receive your fund this way, please do let us know by forwarding the below details to the OCBC BANK LONDON ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTRE on this Email:

Contact officer: Dr Mark Edward of Ocbc Bank London
Email: ocbconlineb.ank@gmail.com

(1). Your Full Name
(2). Address where you want the payment centre to send your ATM CARD.
(3). Phone And Fax Number
(4). Your Total Fund to be received
(5). Your Current Occupation

We advice you to stop all the communications with everyone regarding your payment as we have short listed to deliver to you and now urge you to comply and receive your ATM Card funds.

Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions while I wait to hear from you soon.

Yours in Services,

DR. GRANT MORGAN

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