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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: Williams <diego.santos@mdh.gov.br>
Reply-To: <europeancentralban8@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Oct 2023 06:20:30 -0700
Subject: EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK (ECN)

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK (ECN)
60640 FRANKFURT AM MAIN GERMANY.
 
We hereby formally notify you of the present agreement to pay out your overdue winning prize/inheritance balance as you were unable to complete the process of releasing your transfer PIN code via the digitized payment system. And you've spent a lot of money and time sending money to different people just to make sure you get your money and after setting it up and doing nothing.
 
We have decided to pay your money via (ATM-VISA card). This agreement was initiated/founded by the European Central Bank, the United Nations and the Paris Club due to fraudulent activities in the world.
 
The European Club, the United Nations Association and the Paris Club have introduced this payment arrangement to enable our contractual, award-winning inheritance beneficiary to receive his money without any interference. The ATM VISA Card was contracted and operated by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE. The ATM VISA CARD will be credited with an amount of 20.5 million euros, it is already loaded on the master card, which allows you to access your funds at any ATM booth/location worldwide. Remember that the maximum daily withdrawal limit is ten thousand EURO ( EUR 10,000.00) We have made a delivery agreement with the courier companies listed below and their delivery time is shown below.
 
DHL=4 hours/€450.00
FedEx Express=7 hours/€300.00
UPS=9 hours/€250.00
 
PLEASE CONFIRM YOUR COMPLETE INFORMATION FOR DELIVERY.
Your complete name................
Your home address..............
Your country...............
Your current telephone numbers ............
Your cell phone numbers...................
Your personal identification............
 
Once we receive it, the package will be delivered to your destination. In your reply to this text, please specify and let me know which courier company we should use to ship your ATM VISA card to you. Don't forget to provide your What's App number for faster communication.
 
Your,
Mr. Gary Jones
Best regards
Email:  europeancentralban8@gmail.com
here is my whatsapp number +1 516-360-1801

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