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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: Joseph Kofo <info@admin.org>
Reply-To: diego.boaruto.fortes@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2019 11:37:21 +0100
Subject: YOUR ATM MASTER CARD:SORRY FOR DELAY


Bank of Africa =

Plot 813, Lake Chad Crescent =

Lome, Republic of Togo =

=

Attention: Beneficiary. =

We apologize for the delay on the delivery of your ATM VISA CARD and =

all the inconveniences we might put you through, while we were having =

some minor problems in uploading your fund transfer into an ATM MASTER =

CARD for delivery. Which in all case not meeting up with our delivery =

service. Once again we apologize =

Note that you have a registered ATM VISA CARD of ($6.400.000.00 USD) =

to be delivered to you through DHL Courier Company. Having review all the =

obstacles and problems surrounding the transfer of your ($6.400,000.00 =

USD) Six Million Four Hundred Thousand United States Dollars, We the =

Board of Directors (BANK OF AFRICA) ordered our Foreign Payment =

Remittance Unit to issue you a CORPORATE VISA CARD where your payment =

was uploaded few days ago. =

Immediately we got your Payment uploaded into CORPORATE VISA CARD, we =

ordered for the delivery of your ATM VISA CARD via Express Courier =

in other to bit the time already wasted with this payment. =

You are hereby adviced to forward the below informations for upadte to =

the delivery agent email below. forward the address as stated below: =

YOUR FULL NAME:=2026=2026=2026=2026. =

YOUR HOUSE ADDRESS:=2026=2026=2026=2026 {NOT P.O BOX} =

YOUR CITY/AREA:=2026=2026=2026=2026 =

YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER:=2026 =

YOUR ID CARD :=2026=2026=2026=2026 =

Kindly Note that the You will only take care of the delivery cost, They wi=
ll
proceed immediately to your Home Address as soon as they =

receives your current delivery details. =

Note. your ATM visa card withdrawing access PIN number is (2424) take =

note, once you receive the ATM card take it to any ATM teller machine =

or POS cash point around your area and slot the card and enter the PIN =

number (2424) to activate and start withdrawing thereafter, or you can =

ask your delivery agent to activate the ATM card for you before =

leaving. Make sure you enter the 4 digit code yourself for security =

reason. Finally, be informed that we left an instruction to your =

delivery agent, for urgent delivery of your ATM Visa Card, =

immediately you forward him the required information, feel free to get =

in touch with him today. =

email: diego.boaruto.fortes@gmail.com
Thanks, =

Dr. Joseph Kofo =

Director ATM and Risk Management.

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