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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: BENJAMIN JUMA <"BENJAMIN."@alpha.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: BENJAMIN JUMA <atmcardoffic1100@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 26 Jul 2017 00:06:31 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Notification of payment by ATM VISA Card

Notification of payment by ATM VISA Card

We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay
you, your over due Winning Prize/inheritance fund which you could not
complete the process of the released of your transfer pin code through the
Digitized Payment System. We have decided to pay your funds through (ATM
VISA Card) This arrangement was initiated/constituted by the World Bank,
United Nation and Paris Club, due to fraudulent activities going on within
the world.

The World Bank, United Nations and Paris Club introduced this payment
arrangement as to enable our Contract ,Winning Prize,inheritance
beneficiary to receive their fund without any interference. the ATM VISA
Card was contracted and powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE.

The ATM VISA CARD is credited with the sum of$12,500.000.00 USD(Twelve
Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars), it is already loaded
in the VISA Card which you can use to access your fund in any ATM
Stand/location worldwide and remember that the maximum withdrawal daily
limit is Ten Thousand United States Dollars(US$10,000.00)we have concluded
delivery arrangement with the below courier services companies and their
delivery time is stated below.

UPS=48hrs/$200
FedEx=72hrs/$180
DHL=4days/$300

Kindly provide me with the below details in your response to this email and
let me know which courier company you would want us to use for the shipment
of your ATM Card to you.

1. Valid Delivery Address:
2. Full Names:
3. Phone Number:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:

Understand that you will be liable for the delivery fee of your ATM VISA
Card to you with any of the above courier company.

I look forward to your respond today i can also receive text message at +1
(244) 244-8748 for urgent respond, You can text me anytime about your
donation payment because too many fraud use email address this time.

CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.

BEST REGARDS,
Dr. Edwin Paul
Director Foreign Remittance Department
Address(info.atmcardoffic1100@outlook.com)
United Bank (UBA) New York Plc
+1 (244) 244-8748
Bank of America Corporate Office wrote.

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