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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: MR MORGAN <"mogn.kuni."@eagle.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: MR MORGAN <ubaunitedbankofaafrc@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 23:02:06 +0900 (JST)
Subject: PAYMENT VIA ATM VISA CARD

ATM CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,
UNITED NATIONS OFFICE P. O. BOX


GOOD DAY:

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR
CONTRACT/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THE REASON YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR
PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN
RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC,
WHICH IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM UNITED NATIONS.

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND TO 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
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS THREE TIMES PER DAY, YOU WILL RECEIVE YOUR FUND WITHOUT
DELAY, PLEASE YOU ARE TO CONTACT THE CARD PAYMENT

CENTER AND ALSO SEND TO THEM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION'S:

1. YOUR FULL NAME.......................
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.................
3. YOUR FULL ADDRESS....................
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION......

PLEASE CONTACT THIS VERY OFFICE BELOW FOR MORE INSTRUCTIONS AND DIRECTIVES
ON HOW TO RECEIVE YOUR ATM CARD:

MR.RICK DOUGLAS.
DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
EMAIL :(ubaunitedbankofaafrc@gmail.com)
PHONE NUMBER :( +229) 630 09 655

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE US$800,000.00
as PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2017.ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO
STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO
AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER
DIRECTIONS AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED
OFFICE.NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF
CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-Y2K9) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN
CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

REGARDS.
MR MORGAN.

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