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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: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: atmdispatchdepartment01@live.com
Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 02:35:41 GMT
Subject: COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT




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

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT YOU
ARE TO CONTACT MR CHRIS PAT FOR YOUR ATM CARD
WORTH (USD 1.8 MILLION) WITH THE EMAIL ADDRESS:
atmdispatchdepartment01@live.com
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:-

YOUR FULL NAME..............PHONE NUMBER.............
ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD..............
YOUR AGE..........CURRENT OCCUPATION.........

KINDEST REGARDS,
MR. DAVID MARK.
SENATE PRESIDENT.

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