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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: "davide" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <losung83@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 22:00:11 +0400
Subject: YOUR ATM-822 CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT


UK-LOTTERY ORGANIZATION.
58 Queens way Suite 161, London,
Ticket Free/Online E-Mail Winnings
Ref: RKJ88547234
Batch: XC632598gz
Lucky Serial: LKY85498234

Dear Lucky Winner.

If you are the correct owner of this email address then be glad this day as the result of the UK lottery online e-mail address free-ticket winning draws of 18t of Junly 2012, held in Bangkok Thailand has just been released and we are glad to announce to you that your email address won you the sweep takes in the first category and you are entitled to claim the sum of US$4.6Million, Your email address was entered for the online draw on this Free Ticket Numbers: UKL890712778512 and won on this Lucky Winning Numbers: 6 – 7 – 29 – 32 – 41 – 46 *49.

You are to contact
Mrs Ausanat Sung on the below email address for quick delivery of your won cheque of US$4.6Millon. Note that all winners cheque are valid certified cashiers bank cheque and when deliver and received by you, you can cash it in your bank without any delay. To enable
Mrs Ausanat Sung ascertain you as the rightful winner and receiver of the US$4.6Million valid certified cashiers bank cheque, MAKE SURE you include the below listed information in your contact mail to Mrs Ausanat Sung

Your country of origin and country of residence/work, complete official names, amount won, free ticket and lucky numbers, date of draw, address where your wish to receive your valid certified cashiers bank cheque of US$4.6Million, contact telephone, Sex, Age and occupation

Mrs Ausanat Sung

Email-Address: ausanatsung@yahoo.com.hk

Just in case you are thinking of how you won without entering, then know again that this very draw of the UK Lottery Organization in which you have emerged as a winner was a free ticket online email address draws where thousands of email addresses was collected from almost all world wide websites and used for the online draws/sweep-takes and during winners selection your email address came out among the first ten which won you the lottery in the first winnings category and entitles you to claim the valid certified cashiers bank cheque of US$4.6Million.

Congratulation

From: Mr. Henry Lambert.
Online Winning Notification,
UK Lottery Organization.





CONGRATULATION !!!

TOYOTA CAR LOTTERY INTERNATIONAL PROMOTIONS THAILAND,
CUSTOMER SERVICE DEPARTMENT TOYOTA
MOTOR CORPORATIONS, THAILAND. 92/48
SATHON NUA RD. FL 17 SATHORN THANI 2
BLDG SILOM, BANG RAK, SILOM,
BANGKOK 10500, THAILAND.

Customer Service Department

Dear Email Owner,

This is to inform you that you have won a sum of US$ 2,500,000.00 United States Dollars Only for the email user this 2012 Prize promotion which is organized by TOYOTA ONLINE CYBER LOTTERY THAILAND, Participants were selected through a computer ballot system drawn from 2,500,000 email addresses of individuals and companies from all part of the world as part of our electronic business Promotions Program. Among the (2,500,000.00) that subscribed to MICROSOFT, HOTMAIL, YAHOO, GMAIL Companies domains and few from other e-mails providers, 12 people are selected yearly to benefit from this promotion and you are one of the Selected Winners this year 2012.

Your email address has therefore been approved to claim a total sum of (US$ 2,500,000.00 UNITED STATES DOLLARS) in cash with the following reference numbers:
Ticket Number 4500542188(TMPWAYZ20051).
Serial Number MH4710019
Reference Number: FLS433/453L/GMSA.
Bonus Number VXT55
INSURANCE Number is: WIF0050770

Note: your e-mail address qualified for the draw, as a result of your visiting various websites we are running the e-business promotions for. You/Your Company email address, attached to ticket number 4500542188(TMPWAYZ20051), with serial number MH4710019 drew the Reference Number: FLS433/453L/GMSA. And Bonus number 1 and consequently YOU HAVE won in the Second Category. To begin your claim:-
FILL UP THE BELOW FORM:
1. Your Full Names:
2. Your Country:
3. Telephone Number:
4. Occupation:
5. Age:
6. SEX:

For further clarification please call and send mail to your claim agent (Dr. Yousef Vugar) in order to process your claims with our payee bank:-
Dr. Yousef Vugar. David Idan
Claim Agent,
Toyota Lottery Thailand Branch.
Email:toyotalottreyprom@yahoo.co.jp
Phone Contact : +66890017408

*************************************
WARNING: Keep your winning information’s confidential until your claims are processed and your fund remitted to you in your bank account. This is part of our precautionary measure to avoid double
claiming and unwarranted abuse of this program by some unscrupulous elements.
Congratulations once again,
Yours faithfully,
DR.YOUSEF VUGDAR
(V.P FINANCE)
TOYOTA MOTORS CORPORATION LTD.
www.Toyota.co.th






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OFFICE OF THE SENATE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
(COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INHERITANCE PAYMENT PAYMENT)
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
ABUJA ASO VILA.
Our Ref: FRN
/SNT/STB

TO:BENEFICIARY

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED
YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT, WHY YOU
HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT
FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF
YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL
DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK .
WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT
LIKE THESE HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR
PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO
YOUR PROBLEM.

NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR
SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE
LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT,JONATAN
(NCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU
WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN
ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS TWENTY FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE
YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING
THE AFR BANK NIGERIA PLC CARD PAYMENT CENTER MR AMOS
PETER ON HIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
Email:amos_p25@hotmail.com
Direct Tel: +2348156559777

AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOUR CARD WILL BE SENT TO YOU.
4. YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR IDENTIFICATION.
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE
OUT $4.2MILLION AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR
2012. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY
FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR
OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY PROBLEM IN RECEIVING YOUR
PAYMENT.

FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU
RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION
AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE
ABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,
WHICH IS (ATM-822) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE
WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR
SUBJECT..YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT THE PAYMENT CENTER
AFR BANK NIGERIA PLC CARD PAYMENT CENTER DR AMOS PETER
ON HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY
amos_p25@hotmail.com

TO RECEIVE YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT AND KEEP ME POSTED AS SOON AS YOU

RECEIVE YOUR CARD.

CONGRATULATION.

Best Regards
SENATOR
DAVIDE MARK
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.




YOUR ATM-822 CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT



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OFFICE OF THE SENATE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
(COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN INHERITANCE PAYMENT PAYMENT)
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
ABUJA ASO VILA.
Our Ref: FRN
/SNT/STB

TO:BENEFICIARY

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED
YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT, WHY YOU
HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT
FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF
YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL
DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK .
WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT
LIKE THESE HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR
PAYMENT SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO
YOUR PROBLEM.

NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR
SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT IS THE
LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT,JONATAN
(NCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU
WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN
ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS TWENTY FIVE
THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE
YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING
THE AFR BANK NIGERIA PLC CARD PAYMENT CENTER MR LO SUNG ON HIS EMAIL ADDRESS:
Emai:losung83@yahoo.com.hk

Direct Tel: +2348156559777

AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOUR CARD WILL BE SENT TO YOU.
4. YOUR INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT FOR IDENTIFICATION.
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE
OUT $4.2MILLION AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR
2012. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY
FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR
OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY PROBLEM IN RECEIVING YOUR
PAYMENT.

FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU
RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION
AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE
ABOVE-MENTIONED OFFICE.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,
WHICH IS (ATM-822) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE
WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR
SUBJECT..YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT THE PAYMENT CENTER
AFR BANK NIGERIA PLC CARD PAYMENT CENTER DR LO SUNG
ON HIS EMAIL ADDRESS IMMEDIATELY
losung83@yahoo.com.hk

TO RECEIVE YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT AND KEEP ME POSTED AS SOON AS YOU

RECEIVE YOUR CARD.

CONGRATULATION.

Best Regards
SENATOR
DAVIDE MARK
REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA



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