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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: jimpeter16@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 10:02:17 +0200
Subject: APPLY FOR YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD +229 93-99-18-75


Attention:Friend

Re: Immediate ATM DEBIT Cash Card Payment
Notification
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 Centre,
That Is the Latest Instruction from Economic Community of West African
States (ECOWAS)
This Card Centre Will Send to You an ATM DEBIT Card
Which You Will Use to withdraw Your Money in Any ATM Machine in Any Part
of the World, So If You Like to Receive Your Fund in This Way, Please
Let Us Know by Contacting Us Back.
And Also Send The Following
Information As Listed Below.
1. Full Name.
2. Phone and Fax Number.
3.
Address Were you want us to send the ATM Card To.
4. P.O Box Not
Acceptable.
5. Your Age and Current Occupation.
6. Attach Copy Of Your
Identification.

We have been mandated by the ECOWAS Parliament to
Issue Out $850.000 US Dollars in your favour This fiscal year 2008, Also
for Your Information, You Have to Stop Any Further Communication with
Any Other Person (S) Or Office(S) To Avoid Any Hitches in Receiving Your
Payment through your ATM card.
Note That Because Of Impostors, We Hereby
Issued You Our Code Of Conduct, Which Is (ATM-2116) So You Have To
Indicate This Code When Contacting The Card Centre By Using It As Your
Subject. It will cost you only $195 for shipment of the card to your
doorstep. This cost includes insurance/ postage of your ATM card.
AS
SOON AS WE CONFIRM THE REQUIRED INFORMATION IN OUR BANK WE WILL DIRECT
YOU ON HOW YOU ARE GOING TO SEND THE REQUIRED FEE FOR IMMEDIATE DESPATCH
OF YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD? WE ARE GOING TO SEND TO YOU A SCAN COPY OF
YOUR ATM CARD
Reply this email to our payment department of Oceanic
Bank International Plc,
Contact person: Dr. Philips Anthony
EMAIL:
atmpaymentoceanibank_02@yahoo.fr

Thanks and good luck to
you.
Secretary Jim Peter



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