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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: REV GEORGE SMITH <suemorehead163@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bmprivatemail0@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 07 Nov 2019 03:56:21 +0900
Subject: HELLO URGENT REPLY BENEFICIARY !!



--
Notification of Your Loaded ATM VISA Card Is Ready

We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay
you, your over due Winning Prize/inheritance fund which you could not
complete the process of the released of your transfer pin code through
the
Digitized Payment System. and you have spend a lot of money and a lot
time
sending money to different people just to make sure you receive your
fund
and after set and done your received nothing. We have decided to pay
your
funds through (ATM VISA Card) This arrangement was initiated/constituted
by
the World Bank, United Nation and Paris Club, due to fraudulent
activities
going on within the world.

The World Bank, United Nations and Paris Club introduced this payment
arrangement as to enable our Contract ,Winning Prize,inheritance
beneficiary to receive their fund without any interference. the ATM VISA
Card was contracted and powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE.

The ATM VISA CARD is credited with the sum of$5,500.000.00 USD(Five
Million
Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars), it is already loaded in the
Master Card which you can use to access your fund in any ATM
Stand/location
worldwide and remember that the maximum withdrawal daily limit is Ten
Thousand United States Dollars(US$10,000.00)we have concluded delivery
arrangement with the below courier services companies and their delivery
time is stated below.

UPS=48hrs/$330
FedEx=72hrs/$250
DHL=4days/$175

Bellow is the details to send the delivery charges through Western union
or
Money Gram or Ria Money Transfer

Receivers name........James Okoye
City..........Cotonou
Country.........Benin Republic
Amount........
MTCN OR REF..

Note that you will be liable to pay the delivery fee of your ATM VISA
Card
with any of the above courier company of your choice before the delivery
will take place to your destination address.

Kindly provide me with the below details in your response to this email
and
let me know which courier company you would want us to use for the
shipment
of your ATM VISA Card to you.

1. Valid Delivery Address:
2. Full Names:
3. Phone Number:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. Sex:

CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.

BEST REGARDS,
Rev.George Smith
Director Foreign Remittance Department </pre>




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