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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.Frank Moore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankmoore00@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 11 Feb 2018 05:21:50 -0800
Subject: To Whom It May Concern

Attention Beneficiary,

This is to understand that the desired objective to transfer the amount of your allocated fund has not been achieved, as it is
difficult to initiate the transfer procedure of your fund because of the considerable costs involved in your funds transfer.

However, the board of directors resolved at a meeting this week acquire and have cancel your recently scheduled payment due

to the delay as we have waited patiently and time passes .With full financial trust and responsibilities we are pleased to
notify you that you will receive your fund by ATM CARD , The ATM card is keyed with $750,000.00
and you will receive the ATM CARD and use it for cash withdrawal at any ATM machine . Every arrangement has been made, the

ATM will be ship to you as soon as you reconfirm your below information:
to the bellow address

Your full name................
Postcode..............
City.....
state....................
Telephone.................

Awaiting the information so as to dispatch the ATM CARD to you immediately we confirm your details from you .

Thanks,

Mr.Frank Moore.

For Global Treasures Group
frankmoore451@gmail.com

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