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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. GODWIN EMEFELE" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <emefelegodwin00@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2017 01:13:25 -0800
Subject: YOUR ATM PAYMENT NOTIFICATION.

Attention Beneficiary,
 
 
This is a true compensation Approved from the UNITED NATION to compensate you due to maybe you have been scam before and again you may be victim of scam by wrong people who paraded them selves on what they are not, so because of this, the United Nation approved the United Bank  in Africa where your fund originated to process ATM MASTER CARD with valid cash of US$4.5 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 $5,000 (Five Thousand USD) per a day or every 24hrs from any ATM MACHINE around you. Your ATM MASTER CARD will be delivered  to your home address through approved courier delivery services within 2 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.
 
 
For you to be safe, we will assign a special task force team to follow up your delivery with the delivery MAN SO AS TO BE SURE THAT NOTHING HAPPENS TO YOUR PARCEL, YOUR ATM CARD IS ALREADY ACTIVATE FOR YOUR WITHDRAWAL.
 
 
BELOW ARE YOUR ATM CARD DATA :
AMOUNT CREDIT : USD$5,000.000.00 MILLION
YOUR ATM CARD ACCOUNT # : ...............
CARD LIMIT PER A DAY : USD$5,000
EXPIRING DATE : ............
PIN CODE # : .............
 
 
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SEND YOUR FULL DETAILS SUCHS AS :
YOUR FULL NAME
YOUR FULL CONTACT ADDRESS
YOUR TELEPHONE
 
 
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 $289.00.ONLY.
 
 
YOU ARE REQUIRED TO SEND THE FEE TO THROUGH THE CHIEF PROTOCOL OFFICER AS GIVEN BELOW  VIA WESTERN UNION/MONEY GRAM OR RIA TRANSFER, AS SOON AS POSSIBLE AS TO ENABLE US FACILITATE THE ISSUANCE OF THE CARD AND THE DELIVERY TO YOU.
 
 
RECEIVER NAME:....... CLETUS OSUOHA
COUNTRY:...,NIGERIA
AMOUNT:.....$289
TEXT QUESTION:...GOD
TEXT ANSWER:.....SAVE
MTCN OR REFERENCE NO:....
SENDER'S NAME:......
ADDRESS:.....
 
 
Once you send these above information 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 and start your daily withdrawal. if you will be finding it difficult to make use of the card, the man that will be assigned to you will assist you OK. I am waiting to hear from you and your advice forward your details.
 
 
Congratulations!!
Regards
Mr. Godwin Emefele
Governor Central Bank of Nigeria.

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