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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: "ATM COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN" <su.nobis@t-online.de>
Reply-To: atmpayents001@superposta.com
Date: Tue, 27 Aug 2013 00:22:01 +0200
Subject: DEAR BENEFICIARY:

DEAR BENEFICIARY:

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR INHERITANCE FILE AND IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENTS $2.3M USD.RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.PRESIDENT,DR GOODLUCK EBLE JONATHAN (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

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 2500 USD PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT CARD PAYMENT CENTER WITH HIS DETAILS BELOW:
SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

YOUR FULL NAME:ADDRESS WHERE TO SEND THE ATM CARD: PHONE:YOUR AGE:OCCUPATION:

Contact Person:
Mr. JIMMY. WHITE,
jimmywiea1@aol.com

Best Regards,

WILLIAMS SMITH
ATM COMMITTEE CHAIRMAN

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