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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.Richard Williams" <"www."@grace.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Richard Williams" <atmmastercard886@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 19:13:52 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention beneficiary,

Attention beneficiary,

We are hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement
to pay you, your overdue wining prize/compensation fund, contract and
inheritance fund through (ATM card) this arrangement was
initiated/constituted by the World Bank due to fraudulent activities
going on around the world.

The World Bank,United nation including the Paris club introduced this
payment arrangement as to enable all beneficiaries to receive their
funds without any interference, this ATM Express Master Credit Card
are powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE.

Please note that what we shall send to you is an ATM master card which
is accepted at over 900,000 ATM centers in over 210 countries
worldwide,so you can access your fund in any ATM card stand/location
worldwide,the master card is already credited with the total sum of
$5,950.000.00usd (five million nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars)
Please note that your withdrawal limit/maximum per day is Ten Thousand
United States Dollars (US$10,000.00) we have also concluded the
delivery arrangement with the below courier services companies and
their delivery time is stated below

UPS=24hrs/$130
FedEx=48hrs/$100
DHL=72hrs/$95

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.

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

In view of this you are advised to contact the director (UBA Bank, ATM
center) Mr.Richard Williams,with your following information to enable
him process your card and also to register your ATM card with the
delivering courier of your choice to effect the shipment of your
parcel today.
Reconfirm the following information for security reason.

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

CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.

Contact Person: Mr.Richard Williams
Director Foreign Remittance Dept,
United Bank for Africa
Benin Republic
Telephone: +22999670157
E-mail: atmmastercard886@gmail.com

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