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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: "ZENITH BANK NIG PLC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zenithintern@zambia.co.zm>
Date: Sun, 21 Dec 2014 22:46:16 -0300
Subject: Your Payment Is Ready Via Atm Card

ZENITH BANK NIG PLC
HOUSE 13, PLOT 991,
MAITAMA ZONE A5,
OPPOSITE NICON NOGA, HILTON HOTEL ABUJA
 
Attn: Fund Beneficiary,
 
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 Visa card for use.
 
The first batch of your card which contains $4.7 million. has been activated and is the total fund loaded inside the card. Your fund which is in total $4.7 million. will come to you.
 
Your payment would be sent to you via FedEx, Because we have signed a ontract with them which should expired by  2016. Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from FedEx (FedEx Company) to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.
 
Thanapha Thanaratthasart ==============805462435557
Edmond Falise ==============805464432767
 
Good news, We wish to let you know that everything concerning your VISA CARD payment dispatch 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 Card). Moreover, we have an agreement with them that you should pay only delivering of your card which is only $35 by FedEx  Delivering Company.
 
However, you have only Two working days to send this $35 for the delivering of your Visa card, if we don't hear from you with the payment information; the Federal Government will cancel your payment.
Please try and send the Delivering fee in the name of (Daniel Amadi) Nigeria, send it via Western Union Money Transfer or Money gram and let me have the detail as soon as you send it.
 
Please confirm your full information by tomorrow your ATM Card will be delivered to you and I need you to send me a scanned copy of your id I wait the payment information to enable us proceed for the delivering of your VISA card. And when sending the payment information also reconfirm to us your full home address were the Fedex or Multi Express will deliver the Card to you to avoid any mistake on the delivery.
 
1) Your Names:..........
2) Contact Address:.....
3) Telephone/Fax:.......
4) Copy of your Identification......
5) Age:.................
 
I wait the payment information to enable us proceed for the delivering of your card. And when sending the payment information also reconfirm to us your full home address were to deliver the Card to avoid any mistake on the delivery.
 
Thank you and have a wonderful day.
 
Dr Wilson Paul
Call me.+2347065773486
Director ATM Swift Card/Foreign Operation Dept,
Zenith Bank NIG PLC

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