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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: Access Bank Group <accessbankdesk@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 10:13:32 +0800
Subject: $10.5Million ATM MasterCard


*Access Bank Nigeria PLCAddress: Plot 161 E, Idejo Street,Off Adeola Odeku,
Lagos State,Nigeria.Tel: +234-8181325542Attention: Dear Beneficiary,Am Mr.
Matthew Davis, a citizen of Angola I was posted here in Nigeria as the New
Director Telex and ATM Department of Access Bank Nigeria PLC , I resumed to
this office last Month and during my official research last week I
discovered a payment file valued sum of USD $10.5Million with Ref No:
FGN/0034xx/2019 belonging to you as the rightfully intimate beneficiary as
approved to be paid to you via ATM MASTER CARD by the Federal Government of
Nigeria through Access Bank Nigeria PLC as the only approved paying
bank. Furthermore, I would like to know if you are aware of Mr. Paul
Morgan, who has been contacting on your behalf in regard to your payment
value sum of $10.5Million and the information reaching us according to Mr.
Paul Morgan is that you have been diagnosed with lung cancer and may not
survive from it, so please did you authorized him to come and claim your
payment as your next of kin and business partner. We have refused to make
payment to him because we are not sure if this is true, so we have to
contact you first to verify from you. So, get back to us now because we are
very shocked with the information we received from him, and we don't know
how he got to know about your $10.5Million contract/inheritance
fund.Therefore, if truly you are not aware of him, we would like to know
how you wish to receive your ATM master card value sum of $10.5Million
along with your four digits Pin code number as soon as possible. For your
information you can come down here to our bank in Nigeria to pick up your
ATM master card directly from my office or alternatively we can send it to
you through any reliable courier shipping company at your own cost. But we
don’t know the cost of shipping the card to you but if you will permit, we
can make an inquiry from the courier shipment company to find out the cost
once we receive a positive response from you but in that case, you will be
required to forward your shipping address to enable us find out the
shipment cost to your address.Please do not hesitate to call me on
+234-8181325542 as soon as you read this message so as to enable us to
facilitate your payment now that your fund has been finally Approved, you
are hereby advised to desist from any further communication with whoever
you are in contact with both local and international regarding your payment
to avoid unexpected diversion of funds and wrong delivery of your ATM
MASTER CARD to an unknown person.Note: Our bank will not be held
responsible for any further delay in regard to your payment through ATM
Master Card and you are advised to comply on time if you are not the one
that sent this person that claims to be your partner. This message is
coming to you from the Access Bank Nigeria PLC, Management and you are
expected to comply fully with the delivery directives as requested by the
Management. Do not hesitate to call me as you read this message for a more
elaborate explanation.Best regards,Mr. Matthew DavisDirector Int'l
Remittance DepartmentAccess Bank Nigeria PLC*

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