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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: James Soludo <mona68952@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 25 Mar 2019 23:37:59 -0600
Subject: Letter of Appreciation.

Hi my good friend,

I hope you are doing good?

I am so happy to inform you that the proposed Fund transfer which we
attempted to send on your name account, that failed due to Government
challenges and requirements, has now been completed with the help of
another partner from France, who financed the transaction to a logical
conclusion and the fund was successfully transferred to his Bank
account in Paris. I did not forget your attempts to assist on
receiving the fund in your Country despite that we were unable to do
it together, kindly contact my account officer at OraBank Plc
through this email address: gastontony462@gmail.com for the
collection of an Automated Teller Machines card (ATM Card) which I
left as your compensation for the past efforts and attempts you made
to assist on the multi-million dollar transfer business opportunity.

Note that the ATM Card is having inside the Sum of Five Hundred and
Twenty Seven Thousand One Hundred and Ten United States Dollars
($527,110.00) and you will be able to be taking over Five Thousand US
Dollars ($5,000) per day until you finish all the funds inside. Here's
the access PIN Code of the ATM Card (6453) which you will be using to
access the card and withdraw cash at any ATM Machine or POS World
wide, I am giving only you the Pin access code to avoid any one having
access to your ATM Card and do not release the ATM PIN to anyone,
once you receive the card, go to any ATM point close to you and insert
the card the enter the Pin code 6453 and start making withdrawal from it.
I personally sealed the ATM Card with a tick envelop to avoid unauthorized
access, once you open the envelop you will find your Card and card usage
instruction papers.

Kindly keep me updated once you get the card from my account officer,
his names are Mr. Gaston M. Anthony and his private email address is:
gastontony462@gmail.com


Best regards,
James E. Soludo.

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