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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: " Ms. sam mike" <cristian.boi@tim.it>
Reply-To: bankolewilliams12@yahoo.com
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2017 09:26:06 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: atm visa card,

  Attn, My Dear Friend.
This is to ntify you that your Won fund US$2.5 has been loaded into Atm Visa
Card as we were instructed by the IMF officials and we need you to email us
your First name and Last name that the Visa Card will bear,also we need your
Home address.........
Telephone number.....................
email those info to
Dr Bankole Williams at (bankolewilliams12@yahoo.com) or call him on telephone
number +229-9856-9400
for furhter directions.
Thanks
Ms. sam mike

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