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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: "michael09 richard" <richardmichael09@nsk.biz>
Date: Fri, 5 Sep 2008 10:54:58 +0800
Subject: CONTACT THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTRE IMMEDIATELY


ATTENTION:GOOD FRIEND

CONGRATULATIONS AS WE BRING TO YOUR NOTICE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SENATE
HOUSE. YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES AS ONE OF THE FINAL
RECIPIENTS OF THIS YEAR'S PROMOTION OF CASH GRANT/DONATION.

THIS IS IN COLLABORATION OF HER 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, WE ARE GIVING
OUT A YEARLY DONATION OF THE ATM CARD VALUE OF USD$5.5MILLION (FIVE MILLION
FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) TO 14 LUCKY RECIPIENTS, AS
OUR ANNIVERSARY PROMO.THE PROMO IS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE W.H.O, UN AND THE
EU IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENABLING ACT OF PARLIAMENT.

THE ACT OF THE CASH GRANT/DONATION ONLY COLLECTED EMAIL ADDRESSES OF FINAL
RECIPIENT FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD: UNITED STATE, GREECE, SAUDI
ARABIA, EUROPE, ETC. WITH AN ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM, WITHOUT THE
RECIPIENT APPLYING. FINALLY, YOU EMERGED ONE OF OUR LUCKY BENEFICIARY.

NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR BENEFICIARY PAYMENT OF ( USD$5.5MILLION) ONE
MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD
PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THIS CARD CENTRE 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, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES
DOLLARS PER DAY.SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,PLEASE LET
ME KNOW BY CONTACTING ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND
YOU CALL IMMEDIATELY :0022993476753 (DIRECTOR ATM PAYMENT
DEPARTMENT).HOWEVER,KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSSITION TO
RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.

CONTACT PERSON:DR.JOHN WILLIAMS (DIRECTOR ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT)

TELFAX NUMBER:+22993476753 OR 0022993476753.EXT.102

EMAIL:bgftyujhredikujhok@hotmail.com<EMAIL%3Abgftyujhredikujhok@hotmail.com>


OR

bgftyujhredikujhok@hotmail.com


AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.

1.FULL NAME.............................

2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD..........................

3.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.....................................................

4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION..........................................

5.NEXT OF KIN..............................................................

5.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION.......................................

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND
YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR
OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.NOTE THAT BECAUSE
OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0412)
SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING
IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS

REGARDS

MR RICHARD MICHAEL

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