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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: Pius Anyim <hotcoffee6845@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Pius Anyim <p.anyim@live.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Nov 2014 08:38:52 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Office Phone: +229 68 73 15 54


Immediate ATM DEBIT Cash Card Payment Notification

Greetings approved beneficiary,

Your name and your contact details was given to this office in respect of your total inherited/compensation sum owed to you which you have failed to claim because of either non-compliance of official processes or because of your unbelief of the reality of your genuine payment.

We wish to bring to you the solution to this problem right now, we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment centers, that is the latest instruction from economic community of West African states ECOWAS we have arranged your payment Via our UBA Bank ATM Card Payment Center, this is an instruction passed by the ECOWAS in respect to all over delayed payment and debt re scheduling.

We will approved United Bank for Africa International ATM Cash Card on your favor which you are to use in accessing your fund in any ATM Stand location worldwide, our cash card will give you access for amount of withdraw via internet or any cash ATM machine in the world at maximum of $6,000 per day. It's easy to manage even with custom options to suit your particular business needs worldwide Our cash card is available to transfer or withdraw money through our ISP online transfer withdraw banking system anywhere you are in the world and you are also given the option to transfer funds from your ATM card to your local bank account. So if you like to receive your fund in this way.

You can also decide to transfer your total sum into your bank account through our Online Internet Banking System which is accessible over the internet in any part of the world, You are requested to provide us with your below particulars and also notify us on the means which will be of best interest to you in receiving your fund for immediate release of your total sum to you.

Provide the below info...

Full name:
Full mailing info:
Your cell phone line:
Country:
Nearest Airport:

We have been mandated by the ECOWAS parliament to issue out $4.5 millions in your favor this fiscal year. Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person s or offices to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is ATM 202 so you have to indicate this code when contacting us by using it as your subject. All the necessary arrangement of processing your fund of US $4.5 M into ATM CASH CARD will be made as soon as we hear from you.

We are here to serve you better.

Regards,
Mr. Stephen Roberts,
Office Phone: +229 68 73 15 54

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