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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. Susan Akpan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrssusanakpan@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 24 Jul 2018 21:15:10 -0700
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD READY TO DISPATCH

ZENITH BANK INTERNATIONAL
Attention: Valued Customer
ZBNK/02-J/RDT/I06/VRT/18
CCGB/CPEL/OWN/9876/18



Re:Transaction Report



In close consultation with the World Bank, IMF and the European Union
(EU) and Central Bank Of Nigeria CBN, this is to notify you of your
enlistment as a beneficiary of a recent Debt Management and Settlement
Forum organized on the status of global arrangement to have your
beneficiary fund settled once and for all. Of course, In the hope that
you must have been aware of the past financial leakages in the
European foreign inheritance payment system, and frustrations
associated there from in your last attempt to claim the fund, wherein
fund beneficiaries (like your self) was subjected to unnecessary
bureaucratic bottlenecks in lieu of claiming funds due them.


The World Body, having solicited and received the cooperation of
Nigerian Presidency, in harmonizing the sequence of payments, have
discovered from records of outstanding foreign inheritance fund
beneficiaries due them, that your name and payment has been withheld
and remain unpaid as a result of such bottleneck. On the prompting of
this finding, I wish to officially notify you that all aspects of your
payment claim is being harmonized, enabling payment to be released to
you as urgently as you act on the instructions of this mail through
this mode of payment ATM CARD.


Consequently, ZENITH BANK OF NIG. PLC has been directed by the World
Body to off set these outstanding debts, using ATM Visa Card payment
arrangement. Already, a total amount of US$10.5Million has been
provided to the bank with accrude interest for this purpose and it is
on first come first serve. With this arrangement, I wish to inform you
that Zenith Bank Of Nigeria Plc has been instructed to issue in your
name an ATM Cash Card with the valued amount of US$10.5Million. In
paying this amount to you, please note that it is without Prejudice to
your original inheritance sum. Rather, it is a stop-gap payment
arrangement put in place by the World Body to on the one hand ensure
that you receive part of your fund, while on the other hand ensure
that the process is smooth and without any form of stress whatsoever,
whereas a comprehensive arrangement shall be made in future to pay off
the remaining fund due you.


However, we are worried with the counter information received from one
Mr. Jack Law, purporting to be from your directive, with express
instruction to activate the ATM Cash Card for release of fund to his
name a bank account in the "Cayman Islands" Obviously, we are hesitant
to honor this instruction as it were, and would request that you
clarify same upon your contact with us . In addition to that, we have
received the following details to forestall any mistake of issuing the
ATM Card with the wrong information already submitted by Mr. Jack Law:


Please reconform the following information's to enable us ascertain
that you are the right beneficiray.


1) Address Where You Want Them To Send The Card Through Diplomatic Courier
Service (P.O box Not Accepted)
2) Your Full Name And Total Amount You Are Expecting.
3) Your Contact Phone Number.
Instead Of Losing Your Fund .



Following the recent development over your payment and after our due
clarification and consolidation,We are very glad to inform you also
that a new arrangement is being set up to have these funds pay to you
using special influences/connection under reliable/trusted Arrangement
via Atm Visa Card programming


This is based on the fact that the bank to bank transfer of huge
amount of funds are being monitored under stringent rules and
regulations which we have ascertained.It not everybody will tell you
about this secret rather they prefer collecting money from you, now we
have decided to make the whole deal easy and safer for you , your fund
will be credited into Atm Visa Card which you will be liable to
withdraw a maximum of US$30,000.00 at any nearest ATM Machine around
you in about 210 countries in the world.


This arrangement will also eliminate the rigorous banking process and
leave no traces for unwarranted taxes and scrutiny,however,This
current method of payment will be done effectively without rising an
eyebow or International Monetary Fund Interruption.


we shall get back to you with possible directions as soon as we hear from you.



Kindly get back to us today with immediate effect.


Yours Sincerely,
Mrs. Susan Akpan
Atm Visa Card Payment Dept.

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