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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: "Aisha Kader" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bsic.bkbj@windowslive.com>
Date: Wed, 9 Sep 2009 18:34:06 +0200
Subject: Contact BSIC urgent and receive your ATM CARD ok.

Contact BSIC urgent and receive your ATM CARD ok.
 
My Dear ,
 
You might find it so difficult to remember me. Though, it is indeed, a very long time. On my singular, I am much delighted and privileged to contact you again, after long time now. It takes fate, courage and God's fearing to remember old friends and at the same time, to show gratification to them, despite circumstances that made things not to work out as we projected then.I take this liberty to inform you that, the transaction we were pursing together, finally worked out for me with another partner and I decided to contact you just to let you know.
 
I have contacted my secretary to confirm if you have received the compensation draft cheque of (US$2.500.000) which I issued in your name, but he told me that he could not send it to you because you have not contacted him or due to the courier charges. Now I have called my London bank to cancel any payment regards to the draft cheque and then authorized them to transfer the payment into ATM CARD in your name which is on the process.
 
As of now be informed that all charges as per transfer of payment from Draft Cheque to ATM Card has been paid for and the ATM CARD is going to be in your name, but to re-activate the ATM Card you have to forward your current informations as requested below to the bank, Also you will only pay €210 the bank for the ATM Card Re-actification fee, then they will send you the ATM CARD for your immediate use in any ATM Machine world wide.
 
Here are the informations you have to forward to the bank:
 
1. YOUR FULL NAMES:
2. Postal ADDRESS:
3. PHONE NUMBER:
4. CELL NUMBERS:
5. EMAIL ADDRESS:
6. SEX:
7. AGE:
8. OCCUPATION:_
9. NATIONALITY:
 
CONTACT PERSON: Mr.Ali A.
Director, ATM Foreign Operation Dept
BSIC Cotonou Benin Republic
Phone: + 229-98-786652
Email: ( bsic.bkbj@windowslive.com )
 
Contact BSIC urgent and receive your ATM CARD ok.
 
Thanks and God bless you.
Aisha
 

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