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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: "INTERCONTINENTAL BANK BENIN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <intercontinentalbanquebj@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Jun 2011 18:42:39 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT BY ATM CARD

Intercontinental Bank Plc
Cotonou, Benin Republic.
Notification of payment by ATM Card
 
Attention Beneficiary ,
We are hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you, your over due award, contract and inheritance fund through (ATM CARD) this arrangement was Initiated/constituted by the World Bank due to fraudulent activities going on within the African Region. The World Bank introduced this payment arrangement as to enable all beneficiary to receive their funds without any interference, this ATM CARDS are powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE.
Please note that what we will be sending to you is an Intercontinental Bank Master Card which is accepted at over 900,000 ATM Centers in over 210 Countries World Wild, this Intercontinental Bank Master Card will be loaded with a total sum of US$950.000.00 (NINE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) which is the total amount due to you for payment now and after this one is cleared another will be paid in until your total funds and completely paid out.
In line with the withdrawal procedure of this ATM MASTER CARD, you are only allowed a daily withdrawal of not more than US$10.000.00 until all the funds are exhausted. The package shall be delivered to you and the delivery shall be done by DHL COURIER SERVICE and the charges associated with the delivery are $115USD and will be paid upfront to enable the processing of your ATM Card delivery. The package is coming from Cotonou Benin Republic and there for the fee must be paid to Benin by beneficiary to the courier company. In View of this, you are advised to contact the Director (IBB, IRD, and ATM) Dr. Richard Daniels for further information with the following contact.
Contact Person: Dr. Richard Daniels
Emails:  intercontinentalbanqueplc@hotmail.com
Reconfirm the following information to him for Security reason
1) YOUR FULL NAME...
2) YOUR RECEIVING ADDRESS...
3) YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER...
4) YOUR PROFESSION...
The One hundred and fifteen Dollars is the last and only fee associated to this delivery of your package, so we urge you to Cooperate as instructed and receive your package.
Best regards,
Mrs. Zaundra Jones
Secretary Intercontinental Bank Benin

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