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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: "abbas mohammed" <wmabbas2@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: issa.kutugi@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 28 May 2008 11:39:14 -0500
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam


Dear Sir/Madam


I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Draft
but did not hear from you since that time then I went and deposited the
Draft with INTERNATIONAL Bank Plc here in Nigeria, because I traveled to
Japan to see my boss and will not come back till next month end. I have
arranged with them to make your payment to you with their new ATM MASTER
CARD of $6.5 million US dollars which you can use to withdraw your money in
any ATM MACHINE around the globe. You have to contact the International Bank
Plc with your full contact informations such as follows.


1. FULL NAME
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
3 PHONE /CELL PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

However, Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release YOUR
ATM CARD and he has been instructed to act as such as soon as you have
contacted him.

EMAIL: issa.kutugi@yahoo.com.hk
BANK MOBILE:+234-80-73297448.
REV DR. DAVID MARTINS
DIRECTOR, ATM CARD PAYMENT DEPARTMENT INTERNATIONL


I have already paid for the processing and delivery charges.The only Money
that you are going to pay to them is only $150 Dollars which they will use
to obtain the Affidavit Of Ownership from the Federal High Court Of Nigeria.
So try to contact them and ask them how you will send the $150 to receive
your atm card,please do urgent and contact them as soon as possible to
quicken the confirmation of your card before your draft gets Expired . Let
me know as soon as you receive your Atm Card of $6.5million us dollars.

Thanks and God bless.

MR. Mohammed Abbas

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