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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: Office Mail <t.miyawaki@jcom.home.ne.jp>
Date: Fri, 28 Jan 2022 18:45:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: contact email janefraser130@kolabnow.com



ATTN: BENEFICIARY
This message is in regard to your ATM master card for your compensation
fund sum of US$1,800,000.00 Your email contact details was given to this
office in respect of your total inherited/compensation sum owed to you
which you have failed to claim because of either non-compliance of
official processes or because of your unbelief of the reality of your
genuine payment,You are hereby notified that your inheritance/contract
payment of US$ 1,800,000.00 has been approved to be made to you via
Citibank PREPAID ATM CARD.The ATM CARD can be used on any ATM machine
all over the world or you can go to your bank to off-load the funds on
this note, I am please to inform you that ATM card Number 9532 5350 0029
4741 for the sum of US$1,800,000.00 which have been credited to your
favor is ready for immediate delivery to you. you are hereby required to
confirm to me your present address where you want the ATM card to be
delivered, and to also send the total shipping fee sum of $200 U.S
dollars to enable me deliver the ATM card package to you since no
provision was provided to me for the delivering as the issued Bank
Citibank was not granted right of deductions on the funds.

Upon receipt of this above requirements from you I shall have your ATM
card package dispatched to you by the United postal service whom will
deliver it to you at your designated home Address.with the card you can
make withdrawals from any part of the world at ATM center near to you.
the pin and all necessary user guides will be in attached on delivery
(intact in the ATM card package doc.) which will be delivered to you by
the UPS courier service for your easy use.

You will receive the ATM card package within 24hrs that you send the
$200 U.S Dollars delivery fee to me, meanwhile I shall send the Airway
bill/tracking number to you by your very email address once the package
is dispatched so that you can track it on arrival.

You should send this Courier Delivery Fee of US$200.00 through Google
play gift card card or steam wallet gift card, Bitcoin.

Send the $200 U.S dollars delivery fee by this very above Gift card, and
I shall have the ATM card package dispatch to you without delay. I wait
for the Gift card payment confirmation of the courier fee and your
delivery information to enable your ATM card delivery proceed
immediately.

I await your immediate attention.

Yours in service,
Ms Jane Fraser,
Chief Executive officer Citibank
Whats-app This Number: +1548 599 4946
contact email:janefraser130@kolabnow.com


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