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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. Collins Williams" <collinswilliams1@otenet.gr>
Date: Thu, 26 Oct 2017 22:18:20 +0100
Subject: DELIVERY OF YOUR ATM CARD!



--
I'm your Diplomatic Agent (Mr. Collins Williams) the one assigned to
deliver your
package worth ($7.5million Dollars). I want you to kindly reconfirm
Your
Full information to me such as Name, Current Home Address, Nearest
Airport
and your Direct Cell Phone # so that the arrangement can be made for the
delivery of the ATM card to your home address. I can be reached at (478)
292-1553 or (mrcollinswilliams4@gmail.com) . Text me or drop me a voice
massage if I am unavailable I am waiting for your urgent respond, ATM
CARD
registration code (GL-1416) and Your Pin code (4917).

Yours Sincerely.
John Kelly

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