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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: Mrs Leah Morton<admin@utrakgh.com>
Reply-To: leahmorton@secretary.net
Date: Sun, 04 Feb 2018 02:05:36 +0000
Subject: Confidential Regarding Your Atm Card.

Be informed that Your ATM CARD PIN is 7105. Your daily Card Limit is 10,000.00 USD per day. The Card is valid till December 2022 And the Total Amount in the ATM Master Card is $1 Million United State Dollars.

We await your Delivery Address and a Valid Phone Number for the Card to be delivered to you within the next 48 hours, as the Courier Delivery company is Awaiting your details.


Your Urgent Response will be appreciated.

Thanks,
Mark A.Nedorostek
Publicity Secretary


This message may contain confidential, proprietary or legally privileged information. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any
mis-transmission. If you receive this message in error, please immediately delete it and all copies of it from your system, destroy any hard copies of it and notify the sender. You must not, directly or indirectly, use, disclose, distribute, print, or copy any part of this message if you are not the intended recipient. UT BANK and any of its subsidiaries each reserve the right to monitor all e-mail communications through its networks.

We recommend that you check this e-mail and any attachments against viruses. UT Bank accepts no liability for any damage caused by any malicious code or virus transmitted by this e-mail.
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