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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: Rev Emmanuel Polite <parkview995@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <emmelepoilte001@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Oct 2017 08:57:45 -0700
Subject: Dear ATM Card Owner

Dear ATM Card Owner
 
Your ATM Card worth sum of $10.5 million Usd has been approved by the President of Nigeria under the instruction of the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the help of World Bank in Switzerland.
 
Which the $10.5 million Usd has been loaded into an Automatic Teller Machine (ATM .So contact with your full info where your ATM card will be delivered to, Urgently get back to us today with your phone number and full address where your ATM card will be
delivered to because i will not be in the office next week: The amount
in your Card is US $10.5 million Usd and your Pin code is: (9106).
 
contact email address.
 
Regards,
 
Rev Emmanuel Polite

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