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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: "DR DAVID MOON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agentjohnson011@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Nov 2018 14:55:00 +0300
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD OF (7.5M) URGENT DELIVER TO YOU

TO YOU:


This is to bring to your notice that orders given by the Presidency
and the entire house of senate for the year 2018 is that my bank is
the chosen bank to pay out all foreign contract/inheritance funds.My
bank was ordered after meeting held in the presidential village to
contact and proceed with payment of your contract/inheritance Funds by
informing you that the former bank in charge of your payment via ATM
card being,Zenith Bank,Union Bank,Eco Bank, ETC is no longer in charge
of this payment.

I wish to inform you that you're (7.5M)outstanding payment has been
approved and ready to be paid but we want to confirm first from you by
giving you our mode of payment this arrangement was agreed between the
Presidency and the Senate committees so take note that we have three
modes of Payment delivery via ATM CARD of $7,5M USD:

DHL COURIER COMPANY
( insurance fee: $99)
( 2 day delivery )
======================
FedEx COURIER EXPRESS
( insurance fee:$179)
( 3 days delivery )
======================
UPS COURIER SERVICE
( insurance fee:$154)
( 4 days delivery )
======================

Also reconfirm your full information's such as
Your Full Name:
Your Address:
Your Occupation:
Your Cell Phone Number

You are required to proceed to WESTERN UNION or MONEY GRAM and make
the payment of the insurance fee of your ATM CARD while the shipping
fee will be given to the Agent once he arrive to your country.

Receivers Name for the insurance fee

Receivers name====


Receiver's Name......OMA UZOR
Country...............Republic of Benin
City...............Cotonou
Text Question..........We Trust
Answer.............In God
Amount..............
Mtcn Number...........?
Your senders country.............?
Your senders name................?

You are expected to provide the needed information correctly to avoid
mistake during the delivery by any chosen courier service of your
choice,furthermore,you are advice to stop all contact with any
office,organization or individual claiming to be in charge of your
fund,After following the instructions above you will receive your ATM
CARD without any delay,feel free to call me for oral discussions.I
will require you to get back to this office with your decision over a
Chosen mode of payment and we will take it from there,

Your urgent response will be highly appreciated
Congratulations

DR DAVID MOON
EMAIL: (davidmoon4@hotmail.com)
CELL NUMBER: +234-7062322098

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