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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: Michael Jones <michaeandjones233@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 8 Jul 2011 08:52:10 -0700
Subject: Thanks

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*Dear Beneficiary:


Your visa card is ready
______________________________


Having reviewed all the obstacles and problems surrounding the transfer of
your (($2.7 Million) Two Million Seven Hundred United States Dollars and
your inability to meet up with some charges levied against you due to the
past transfer options. We the Board of Directors, Bank of Africa
(BOA) have ordered our Foreign Payment Remittance Unit to issue you a VISA
CARD where your payment will be uploaded. in the envelope includes

PIN CODE
ACCESS CODE
SERIAL NUMBER
ACCOUNT PASSWORD

Once you slot in the card confirm the total balance of the account and alert
the bank for confirmation.Today, we got the notice that your Payment has
been uploaded into this VISA CARD and also have registered it with a COURIER
And Delivery Company. For your information, the delivery charges has been
paid and they are supposed to have shipped your packaged (ATM CARD) but they
insisted that you must re-confirm to them your current delivery address and
mobile number to ensure accurate delivery.

MOST IMPORTANTLY: Due to the content of the package, the courier company
mandated that before your package will be shipped, a Stamp Duty must be
procured
according to the New Shipping Creed on all packages leaving The essence of
such Document is to ensure a hitch-free delivery and the amount of the Stamp
Duty Fee is 98 USD. When this is done, the Courier company will issue you
with the tracking numbers for your package before the shipping commences.

Therefore reconfirm your current delivery address. Do not forget that this
$98 USD is all that you should send to them, the rest of the fees have been
paid.Finally, for security reasons, and considering the huge amount the ATM
Card contains,the package was coded thus, Registration Ref:skyxxx/777#

This is the code number that you will send to the courier company while
contacting
them and note that the courier company is not aware what the content of the
package is. We told them that it contained some very vital official
documents
being sent to an offshore staff. Do not reveal the content of the package
to the courier company or any body for security purposes. The information
of the courier company is here-by given to you as soon as you respond to
this message,


Please hurry now as your package might incur demurral if it stays more than
3 days with courier company,

Thanks,
Micheal Jones
ATM Department
Manager
CAL BANK OF GHANA
michaeljones99@ibibo.com<http://us.mc1205.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=michaeljones99@ibibo.com>
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