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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. Johnson Smith" <ws900353@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jt203034@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 14 Apr 2023 03:32:19 -0700
Subject: ATM MASTER CARD mode of payment.

Dear Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that your long awaited Inheritance/
Contract fund with the SunTrust Bank has been approved today after a board
meeting with the board of directors and we have agreed to release your part
payment of 2.5M USD via our ATM MASTER CARD mode of payment.

Kindly Re- Confirm your Full names, Address, Occupation and Telephone
numbers, so as to be sure they match with what we have in our database down
here. Your ATM MASTER CARD is ready and we hope to hear back from you, in
order to process and deliver your ATM MASTER CARD to you immediately.

Regards,
Mr. Johnson Smith
Director ATM Swift Card/Foreign Operation Dept

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