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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: "Approved Fund" <mailmailorgorg66@yahoo.es>
Date: Tue, 01 Oct 2013 23:59:09 -1000
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary

Union Bank ATM Card
Re:Your Payment Notification
From:Mr Fidelix Uche
ATM Logistic Units

Attention:Beneficiary

It was resolved and agreed last week at the bank head
quarter that your inheritance fund would be release to you
on a special method of payment Tag name read swift credit
card This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you
will use to withdraw your fund in an ATM MACHINE in any part
of the world, the maximum you can withdraw is
($2,000.00-$3,000.00) Thousand Us Dollars per transaction
until you make the whole withdrawal.


Secondly, you are hereby advice to stop dealing with some
non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will
have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment
immediately.After the board meeting held at our
headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your
problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your payment
through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER in Europe,
America,Africa and Asia Pacific.

The machine will also include a display screen, function
buttons (usually placed near the screen and covering the
functions of saying "yes," "no," and "cancel"), a printer
and a cash drawer. Depending on the ATM, it may also provide
envelopes for deposits and security cameras.

The ATM card is a little less dangerous if you lose it,
since nobody can use it to drain your account without your
PIN (personal identification number). Also, most banks limit
the amount of cash that can be withdrawn every day on an ATM
card

(1) Your Full Name
(2)Address where you want the payment center to send your
ATM CARD.
(3) Phone And Fax Number.

We shall be expecting to receive your information you have
to stop any further communication with anybody or office
apart from this office. On this regards, do not hesitate to
contact me for more details and
direction, and also please do update me with any new
development.

Thanks for your co-operation.

Best Regards,


Mr Fidelix Uche
ATM Logistic Units
ATM Logistic Units

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