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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.Williams Irenee Koupaki" <filippo.99@alice.it>
Reply-To: atmcardemail1@protonmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 00:05:55 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: GOOD NEWS FROM ATM CARD CENTER OFFICE

GOOD NEWS FROM ATM CARD CENTER OFFICE,
How are you today? hope all is right with you; Please I advised that you
should read this email message very carefully and urgently get back to me
immediately to avoid wrong delivery of your overdue inheritance unpaid ATM CARD
fund worth of $10.5 Million USD presently at our custody United Nation.
Based on the meeting held yesterday with the United Nations Official, US
Embassy Republic of Benin Official and IMF officials In collaboration with
Office of the Presidency Republic of Benin and Federal Ministry of Finance F.M.
F Republic of Benin regarding all overdue inheritance payment File of which
your name and email ID was listed among the unpaid beneficiary, I writing to
inform you that your files appeared on our desk to pay you a partial payment of
$10.5 million US Dollars of your funds for this First quarter of the year.
But we are having misunderstanding because a lady by name Mrs. Monica Ohge,
from United States of America called our Office on Friday stating that she is
your new next of kin that you have given her the power of attorney to claim
your unpaid ATM CARD Fund worth of $10.5 Million USD, she clearly informed our
Office that you have instructed her to receive the funds on your favor that you
are greatly Will which makes it impossible for you to ask all our calls and
email to you so far that you cannot work or answer any calls due your presently
health condition.
Executive Board of Director Federal Ministry of Finance Republic of Benin are
currently and so confuse about her claim that is why the authority instructed
me to contact you for us to know if she is telling us the truth or not to avoid
deliverying of your unpaid fund worth of $10.5 Million USD to unexpected person
as we have no clue about this person Mrs. Monica Ohge .
She also forwarded below information DETAILS to us for the delivery of your
unpaid inheritance Payment worth the total sum of $10.5 Million USD. (FULL
NAME== Mrs. Monica Ohge COUNTRY===USA ADDRESS====3500 OLD DETON RD APT 208;
CARROLLTON, TEXAS 75007 PHONE NUMBER== (478) 257-2558) Kindly check this
information and name if we can go ahead and deliver the funds to her info.After
she provided this info to us, she instructed us not to bother or disturbed
ourselves by contacting you because you cannot access your email presently due
to your present health condition that we should delivered the ATM Card fund
the funds to her provided information directly because she is now acting on
your behalf. If you still interested of this ATM CARD fund kindly reconfirm
your directly information to us urgent to avoid wrong delivery such as okay.
1. Your Full Name:=======
2. Your Telephone No:====
3. Your Country:=========
4. Your Home Address:====
5. Your Nearest airport:==
We wait to hear from you soon Don't keep us waiting for your own good.
Your Sincerely
MR. danford swain
Office Email- atmcardemail1@protonmail.com
Tel:+1(651) 927-8939

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