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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: "ATM CARD CENTER DEPARTMENT " <"www."@triton.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "ATM CARD CENTER DEPARTMENT " <atmcardcenterdepartment02@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2017 01:06:39 +0900 (JST)
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION








I have registered your ATM MASTER CARD worth sum of $4.9 million
with FEDEX COMPANY this morning and we agreed upon that, the delivery of your
ATM Card will take off tomorrow morning, So reconfirm your delivery address to
FEDEX New Director Brown Maxwell Email (atmcardcenterdepartment02@gmail.com)
Telex +229-62921744


And I have paid the crediting re-activation,delivery and the company
registration charges has been paid by me, but i did not pay their official
keeping fees since they refused,they refused and the reason is that they do
not know when you are going to contact them and the demur-rage might have
increased by then,They told me that their keeping fees is $298 only,
and I deposited it today September 3rd,2017.


reconfirm your delivery address such as
(1)Your Full Name=============
(2)Mobile Phone Number======
(3)Current Home Address========
(4)Age================
(5)Country====================
(6)State======================
(7)Occupation=============
(8)Marital Status =======
(9)Gender ==========

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