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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: Mark Jones <leowilliams012@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Dec 2016 20:12:30 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your Fund




 we are united bank of Africa have arranged your payment of ($2.8 million USD) united states dollars through an atm card which you will use to withdraw your money in any atm card machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is ten thousand united states dollars par day until your funds of $2.8 million dollars will finished the atm card you will use it to withdraw your money every day so if you like to receive your fund in this way or by bank to bank please let me know by contacting atm card department center for the release your atm card to you and also send the following information as listed below

1.your full name
2.your home address
3.your country
4.your current home telephone number
5.your current office telephone
6.Age
7.your occupation

however kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your atm card payment card

contact person Mr Larry More
director atm payment department
tel.+229 99368172


the atm card payment center has been mandated to issue out your payment and you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment note that because of imposters. we here by issued you code of conduct. which is (ATM0511) so you have to indicated this code when contact the card center by using it as your subject 

Regards.
Mr Mark Jones

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