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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 Anita Douglas <abdulmalikmohd67@gmail.com>
Reply-To: meem70594@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 20:53:39 +0100
Subject: ATM CARD With Registration Code (EGC76820982155)

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Attention Dear,

Your fund has been packaged in ATM Master CARD since you can not afford to
receive it in the past via Bank to bank Transfer, western union/money
gram due to the
transfer charge fee and I decided to load the $20.8million USD in an
ATM CARD which I registered with the COURIER COMPANY Service as
a box that contained African clothes and jewelries.

I want you to contact the Director to know when
they will deliver your Consignment Box with registration code

Mr Thomas Bryan
meem70594@gmail.com

Full name
Home Address:
Telephone:
Age:
Sex:
Occupation
Country:
City:
A COPY OF YOUR PICTURE.

I have given them your address. And you have to reconfirm it to them
again to avoid any mistake on delivering the ATM CARD to you, remember
that I only told the director the content and he advised me not to
disclose the content to any body including the delivery agent just for
the safety of the fund in the box make sure that you use this code as
the subject of the email you are sending to them EGC76820982155) Because
this will be an evidence to proof to them that you are the correct
owner of the Package.


Sincerely,
Mrs Anita Douglas

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