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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 Edward Gilbert <"www."@solid.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Mr Edward Gilbert <officcemanager@yahoo.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2017 17:25:23 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Director Swift Card Payment Center

(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAM)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
COTONOU, BENIN REP
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT

ATTENTION :

Meanwhile, This is a true compensation Approved from the UNITED NATION
to compensate you due to maybe you has been scam before and again you
may be victim of scam by wrong peoples who paraded them selves on what
they are not so because of this, the United Nation approved the UBA
bank in Africa where your fund originated to process ATM MASTER CARD
with valid cash of usd$20,000.000.00 million in your favor in order to
compensate you so that if you have been scammed before this is a
compensation and you will be making your withdrawals from the ATM
MASTER CARD as you will be allowed in making withdrawals minimum of
usd$20,000 (Twenty Thousand usd$) per a day or every 24hrs from any
ATM MACHINE around you. Your ATM MASTER CARD will be delivered to
your address through courier delivery services within 3 days.

please note that we are only using FEDEX COURIER COMPANY,as it is
the only company that we signed a contract with so we can actually
monitor the delivery, so many complaints are rising up every day,
concerning the inability of the young courier companies unable to make
deliveries, we have also learn that the dhl company asks for security
fees, IMF fees, FBI fees...

my dear there is no such thing as that, the only payment that the
courier companies anywhere in the world asks of is just the delivery
fee and the security fee, which is very understanding, please you
have to be very care full in your dealings as there is no such thing
as IMF fee. or documents,,,,,the united nations has warned all the
security agencies to desist from an illegal act, as this fund is been
sent to you due to the rate of poverty,and as such no one has the
power to stop your delivery,,,

for you to be safe, we will assign a special task force team to
follow up your delivery with the delivery LADY SO AS TO BE SURE THAT
NOTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR PARCEL,ONCE YOU RECEIVE YOUR CARD,,,
YOU WILL CALL THIS NUMBER AND SEND THE CODE I WILL GIVE TO YOU..
THEY WILL ACTIVATE YOUR CARD INSTANTLY...

BELOW ARE YOUR ATM CARD DATA :

AMOUNT CREDIT : USD$12.000.000.00 MILLION
YOUR ATM CARD ACCOUNT # : 4033052100311896
CARD LIMIT PER A DAY : USD$20,000
EXPIRING DATE : 12/08/2019
PIN CODE # : 7501

ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE ONLY FEE YOU WILL SEND DOWN TO THE COURIER
COMPANY IS JUST THE DELIVERY AND SECURITY FEE.....WHICH IS JUST $113.
NO ONE DARES TO ASK FOR ANY MORE FEES. IF ANYONE DOES, REPORT TO US
IMMEDIATELY..

YOU HAVE ABSOLUTELY NOTHING TO WORRY ABOUT ABOUT THIS DELIVERY, YOU
WILL BE SURPRISED ON HOW EVERYTHING WILL WORK OUT ACCORDINGLY, DON'T
HAVE DOUBT AT ALL OK. EVERYTHING WILL BE FINE TRUST ME,,

YOUR TO SEND THE REQUIRED FEE TO THIS AGENT NAME...

Recovers name: ---- JIM EZE
Country: --- Benin Republic
City: -- Porto Novo
Text Question. ----Good
Answer --- Faith
Amount:--$113.00 (US)
Senders Name: ----
MTCN: -------


Once you send THE fee your ATM MASTER CARD will be processed and
delivered to your Address and you can as well move down to any nearest
ATM PAYING MACHINE to make your withdrawals without any delay.. I am
waiting to hear from you with the payment detail
Congratulations!!

Mr Edward Gilbert
Director Swift Card Payment Center

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