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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: "OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE" <info@atmcenter.com>
Reply-To: atmdispatchcenter1@live.com
Date: Tue, 19 Aug 2008 08:36:36 +0530 (IST)
Subject: Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB
Your Ref.

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE
HAVE VERIFIED YOUR INHERITANCE FILE AND
FOUND OUT THAT 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 YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE
RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. 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. RIGHT NOW WE
HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR
SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THAT
IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT,
UMARU YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF
NIGERIA AND FBI.
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 FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS
PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND
THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING
THE INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUNDS DEPARTMENT
CARD PAYMENT CENTER MR Paul Nelson ON
HIS EMAIL ADDRESS:atmdispatchcenter1@live.com
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:-

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE
ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE
5. CURRENT OCCUPATION

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN
MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT USD 1.8 MILLION AS ART
PAYMENT FOR 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.
FOR ORAL DISCUSSION, EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON
AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE OR
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.
KINDEST REGARDS,
MR. DAVID MARK.
SENATE PRESIDENT.

-- Sent at 07:41:38 on 08/19/08 through NITK (http://www.nitk.ac.in/) Email Gateway . AV scanning & Spam checking are done on this mail --


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