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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: ATM <atm.pro@prebco.org>
Reply-To: atm.sl@yandex.com
Date: 24 May 2019 22:54:36 +0200
Subject: Final Notification 5/5/TU

FROM: THE DESK OF THE VICE PRESIDENT
THE ATM MILLION LOTTERY GENERATOR 
REF NUMBER: ESP/95004/690544
Winning Number:ATM-14-20-9-11-4-8-10



                                                      FINAL AWARD NOTIFICATION


Attention: sales@iascorp.net,


     Your email sales@iascorp.net , have won One Million United States Dollars ($1,000,000.00) 100%  approved.For more details email: ( atm.sl@yandex.com )

Be advised that you MUST be present in Valencia, Spain to pick up your winning cheque OR you pay a fee for home delivery of your cheque to you.

Finally all winning must be claimed not later than 7 working days. After this date, the entire Fund will be returned to the Ministry of Economy as unclaimed funds. Furthermore should there be any change of your personal details or address, do inform your claims agent as soon as possible.


Congratulations once again!

Yours Sincerely,
Jose Fernando
General Secretary(ATM.INC)

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