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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 <kadlec.plyn@iol.cz>
Reply-To: atmcardrelease@live.com
Date: Fri, 05 Sep 2008 22:57:38 GMT
Subject: {Spam?}





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


THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT THE OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE HASDISCOVERED YOU ARE ONE OF THE FINAL RECIPIENT TO RECEIVE A CONTRACT PAYMENT OF $ 500.000.00 WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT THE
REASON YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR PAYMENT VIAE-MAIL ADDRESS:atmcardrelease@live.com
SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU HAVE BEEN DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK AND WE WISH TO INFORM 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 YOURPROBLEM.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 OFNIGERIA AND NIGERIA POLICE FORCE (N.P.F). 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 PAYMENTM CENTER Dr. Eze Ayogu. VIA THE BELOW EMAIL ADDRESS: atmcardrelease@live.com
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT USD 6.8 MILLION AS ART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FORYOUR INFORMATION,YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHERPERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.
REGARDS,
MR DAVID MARK.
SENATE PRESIDENT.
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:
1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT USD 6.8 MILLION AS ART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FORYOUR INFORMATION,YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHERPERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.
REGARDS,
MR DAVID MARK.
SENATE PRESIDENT.

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