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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: Kajatan Abdini <kajatanab48@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 15 Apr 2023 23:44:28 -0700
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD 2023


Dear Honorable Beneficiary,

YOUR PAYMENT VIA ATM CARD 2023

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract 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 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 so wish to receive your payment
immediately.After the Board of director's meeting held in Abuja, we have
resolved in finding a solution to your problem.

We have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER in
Europe, America, Africa and Asia Pacific; this is part of the mandate
passed by the Senate in respect to overseas contract payment and debt
rescheduling. And also the Nigerian Government is using this means to
reward all the citizens of the United states and all part of Europe
including Asia, Australia, South America, Canada, e.t.c and all those who
have lost their funds in either scam, or an uncompleted business, or
otherwise,

You should know that if you are interested to receive your ATM card which
will be credited with $5,000,000.00 united states dollars before it is
being sent to you direct to your doorstep through the FedEx courier
service, you will have to respond to me with your full information’s, After
your response you will be directed to the FedEx shipping courier
representative whose name is Mr. Edward Edward

He will send you your ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money
via ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, and the maximum daily limit is
Fifteen Thousand United States dollars ($15,000.00). And also note that the
Nigerian Government has taken care of the shipping fee of your ATM card, so
if Mr. Edward is requesting for another shipping fee, you will have to
report him to me immediately. When you receive your ATM card, you have to
alert me so that we can give you a process of how to activate and make use
of your ATM CARD.

If you like to receive your fund this way, kindly contact me with the
following information below.

(1) Your Full Name
(2) Full residential address
(3) Phone and Fax Number
(4) Occupation.
(5) Personal Identification. Driver’s license or International Passport.
(7) Age
(8) Marital Status
(9) Sex

This message is supported by the Nigerian Government.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Respectively

Dr. Mansur Muhtar
Minister, Federal Ministry of Finance
mansurmmm200@gmail.com

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