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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: "Ebi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <drernestchukwuebi69@live.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2010 14:19:20 +0100
Subject: Director ATM Swift Card/Foreign Operation Dept,

This is to congratulate you for scaling through the hurdles of screening by the board of directors of this payment task force. Your payment file was approved and the instruction was given us to release your payment and activate your ATM cards for use.
 
The first batch of your card which contains 1,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS has been activated and is the total fund loaded inside the card. Your fund which is in total amount of 10,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS will come in batches of 1,000.000.00 MILLION U.S. DOLLARS and this is the first batch.
Your payment would be sent to you via UPS or FedEx, Because we have signed a contract with them which should expired by APPRIL 10 Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website(www.ups.com) to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.
JOHNNY ALMANTE ==============1Z2X59394198080570
GARY METZGER ==============1Z2X59394195952759
GLEN PAPANIKAS ==============1Z2X59394198690947
CAROL R BUCZYNSKI ==============1Z2X59394197862530
 
Good news, We wish to let you know that everything concerning your ATM CARD payment despatch is ready in this office and we have a meeting with the house (Federal government of Nigeria) we informed them that your fund should not cost you any thing because is your money (Your ATM Card). Moreover, we have an agreement with them that you should pay only delivering of your card which is 95 U.S. DOLLARS by FedEx or UPS Delivering Company. you have no other payment to make except the delivering fee.
 
However, you have only three working days to send this 95 U.S. DOLLARS for the delivering of your card, if we don’t hear from you with the payment information; the Federal Government will cancel the card.
 
This is the paying information that you will use and send the fee through western union money
transfer.
Name: Mbah Benjamine
Address: Lagos-Nigeria
Question: 95
Answer: yes
 
I wait the payment information to enable us proceed for the delivering of your card. Note that, the deliverying fee is must and very important, so take note of that.
Dr. Tunde Lemon
Director ATM Swift Card/Foreign Operation Dept,
Central Bank of Nigeria CBN.
CC: Federal Bureau of Investigation
CC: National Central Bureau of Interpol
For oral discussion,call me on this number:+234-806-724-2303.
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