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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: Ms Susan Teresa <federal.governmentofunitedstat@gmail.com>
Reply-To: larryjame048@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 11 May 2022 00:59:57 +0100
Subject: Notification of payment by ATM Master Credit Card

We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to
pay you, your over due Winning Prize/inheritance fund which you
couldn't complete the process of the released of your transfer pin
code through the Digitized Payment System. We have decided to pay your
funds through (ATM Master Express Credit 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
Master Express Credit Card was contracted and powered by GOLD CARD
WORLD WIDE.

The ATM MASTER EXPRESS 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/$150
FedEx=72hrs/$185
DHL=4days/$175

DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL:

ATM card/original certificate of weight :—–0.20kg
Bonded draft of weight :——————0.17kg
Total weight of parcel :——————–0.37kg
Color of Parcel :—————————-Dark Brown
Length of days :——————————24hours
Delivery Type:——————————-Premium Service
Delivery Status:——————————Virtual Pending
Customer Number:————————–FRAl45771001

Your parcel contains the following documents:

Contact the ATM CARD Department

Mr. James Larry
Email to contact:(larryjame048@gmail.com)
Contact Phone Number (336)3964763

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

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

Here is one of our customer that received his Credit Card few last
week ago here is tracking number
His Name is John Edwards

Website: http://www.dhl.com/en.html
DHL Track Express Shipments (8010820016)

HERE IS CARD INFO
1. Credit Card Number: 4565342104821427
2. Pin Code: (keep it secret for reason)
3. CCV Pin: 153

Understand that you will be liable for the delivery fee of your ATM
Master Express Card to you with any of the above courier company.


Best Regards
Ms Susan Teres
Director Foreign Remittance Department

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