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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: MR AHMED YAKI <asiababirye87@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.ahmedyaki63@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Mar 2023 07:20:57 -0700
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR PAYMENT VIA ATM VISA CARD

greeting

I am Mr. Ahmed Yaki, the newly appointed Postman of the Regular Mail
Post Office based in New York. I took up this position on December
4th, 2022.
Going through the files of this office's previous records, I
discovered that there were six packets of ATM cards, each with an
email address for the owner. The former representative of this office
(Barrister Adebisi Adegbuyi) did not carry out the delivery as
instructed and programmed. Presumably one of his reasons for not
making the delivery was that you didn't give him your mailing address
to process the delivery, he noted.

According to the contents recorded in each file, the ATM card was
deposited as a charity package for each of you six by Senior
Evangelist Mathew Peterson, who died a year ago. In the statement he
wrote on the list, he explained that each of the above ATM cards holds
an amount of $20,500,000.00 and he found your email contacts to be
reputable and capable individuals who have the ATM cards lent by the
charity can be used to make a difference in people's lives.

In the meantime I have made arrangements to send the six packages to
you six to your respective postal addresses via the regular post
office.

If there is an ATM CARD at the same time. If it's in the spam folder,
it could be because of your Internet Service Provider, ISP. So go to
your inbox before replying. I am sent to our head office in Cotonou
Benin and I reported the issuance of the discovered six ATM cards to
my office and they checked it and gave me veto orders to make the
delivery once you reconfirm your postal address to this one Office to
note for us the below information is officially required for ATM CARDS
mailing ASAP.

1. Your full name, ____
2. Your home address, _____
3. Your current phone number, ___
4. A copy of your identity card, _______________
5. Your age/gender, ______
6. Your country, ______
7. Your job, ______
8. Your nearest airport _______

Once you have updated your ATM card update us with the above
information and you should receive a tracking number i.e. a tracking
number. H. the tracking number of your package once it is posted as a
package to know exactly when it will arrive at your post office the
address.

Stay blessed as I look forward to receiving your prompt response.

Regards,
MR AHMED YAKI
WhatsApp number: +1 917 336 7859
Postman, New York Post Office

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