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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: "OFFICE BANKER" <amedsuny231@hispavista.com>
Date: Wed, 27 Sep 2017 10:58:37 +0200
Subject: Hello, Beneficiary,

Hello, Beneficiary,

This is to bring to your notice that, I have
paid the delivery fee of your ATM, I paid it
because the ATM Card ($2.5m), has few weeks to
expire and when It expires; the money will go
into Government purse. With that I decided to
Help you pay the money so that the ATM will not
expire,because I know when You get your ATM
definitely you must send my money back.Now I
want you to contact The FedEx delivery Company
in Benin Republic so that they Will deliver your
Card to your address without any delay Like I
stated earlier, the Delivery charge has been
paid. Note I deposited it with the company
yesterday.

Below Is the Company Contact Information:

Contact Person: DR Ben David
E-Mail:( bendavid678@hotmail.com )Contact
Number: +229 68 03 00 26

This is what they will require from you.

Your Full Name......
Your Private Telephone......
You?re Address where the ATM will be delivering
to.............
Country/Region......

Contact them today to avoid increase of their
keeping fees.

Regards,
Mr.Abdul Abubakar.


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