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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: William Smith <barr.d9093937774jecob@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ii77223182@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 02:14:06 +0100
Subject: Approval of your ATM Card

Dear Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract
/inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have
not received your payment due to your lack of cooperation and not
fulfilling the obligations given to you in respect to your
contract/inheritance payment. Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop
dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act
and will have to stop if you wish to receive your payment immediately.

After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in
finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have
arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER in Europe,
America and Asia Pacific, which is the instruction given by the
Central Bank of Nigeria.

This card Center will send you an ATM CARD valued Four million Three
Hundred Thousand United States dollars through DHL which you will use
to withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, and
get back to you quickly with full details on where to send your card
to.

(1) Your Full Name:……
(2) Address where you want the DHL Courier Service to send your ATM CARD to….
(3) Phone And Fax Number:…

We shall be expecting to receive your information. Therefore, you have
to stop any further communication with anybody or office in this
regard.

Regards,

William Smith.

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