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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: "Mrs. Gina Thompson" <mwlee@booyoung.co.kr>
Reply-To: mrs.ginathomppson@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 21 May 2020 00:29:05 +0200
Subject: PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD

Mrs. Gina Thompson
Manager Accounts/audit Department.
London, United Kingdom

Attention: Beneficiary ,

With respect to the provision Section 16 of decree 117 of the 2010 constitution, I was directed to inform you that your payment verification and confirmations is OK.

I write to inform you that we have finished up the process of your ATM VISA CARD and every arrangements has been perfectly concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible, so you don't have to send any more money for that because the delivery charges and other necessary document has been taking care of by the Debt Settlement Office as instructed.

However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number: (4931-7755-0956-1945 ) has been approved and upgraded in your favor. Meanwhile, Your Secret Pin Number is : 5352. The ATM Card Value is $2.5 Million USD. You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of US$5,000.00 is permitted daily. And we are duly inter-switch and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM Center of your choice/nearest to you.

Your ATM CARD which has be credited with $2.5 Million United States Dollars will be sent to you direct to your doorstep through the FedEx courier service but before it will be sent, You will have to respond to me with your full information’s for final ratification process, After your response you will be directed to the FedEx shipping courier dispatching officer whose name is Mr. Edward P. Ambrose.

He will send you your ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money via ATM MACHINE in any part of the world and the maximum daily limit is Five Thousand United States dollars (US$5,000.00). And also note that the Debt Settlement Office has taken care of the shipping fee of your ATM card, so if Mr. Edward is requesting for another shipping fee, you will have to report him to me immediately. And when you receive your ATM card, you have to alert me so that we will advise you on how to activate and make use of your ATM CARD.


Please reconfirm to us your home address to avoid any wrong delivery:- Send your reply to:
mrs.ginathomppson@gmail.com

(1) Your Full Name
(2) Your Home address
(3) Your Direct Phone Number
(4) Age

Thanks for your co-operation.

Respectively

Mrs. Gina Thompson
For:Management

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