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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 Wayne Homes <ccasals@vtr.net>
Reply-To: <waynehomes8@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 09:49:30 +0000
Subject: Pick your abandoned ATM master card

Greetings,

I am Mr Wayne Homes the new appointed Manager of Universal Courier
Service Limited. I resumed this office on 28th, August, 2018.As am
going through the files of the previous records of this office, I
discovered Six Parcels Containing ATM Visa Cards each one attached
with an email address of the owner on it. The former appointee of this
office Mr James Morgan Jr, failed to carry out the delivery as it was
instructed and programmed. Probably, one of his reasons for not
carrying out the delivery was that you have not provided your postal
address to him for the completion of the delivery as he remarked on
this report file.

According to the content recorded in each file, the ATM Visa Cards was
deposited by one Senior Director Mr Roy Moore as a Scam victim
compensation to each of the Six package. On the statement he wrote on
the list, he stated that each of the aforementioned ATM cards contains
the sum of US$2.7 Million USD.

Meanwhile, I've made the arrangement of posting your card once you
reconfirm your information as listed below:

Full name:
Full mailing info:
Your cell phone line:
Country:

If this message found in spam folder, it could be due to your Internet
Service Provider, ISP. So move to your inbox before your reply.

We shall post your ATM Card once you update us with the above
information, We shall be give you a tracking number, so as to enable
you track your parcel to know exactly when it will arrive to your
mailing address.

Remain blessed as I'll be looking forward to receiving your immediate response.

Regards,
Mr Wayne Homes

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