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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 Roland micheal <alhaji.bello223@gmail.com>
Reply-To: rolandmicheal78@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 14 Mar 2019 04:47:42 +0100
Subject: Contact for your atm card

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Dear Friend,

Greetings, how are you with your family? I hope fine. I'm happy to
inform you about my success in getting those funds and the transferred
under the cooperation of a new partner from France Meanwhile i and my
new partner will arrived in France by tomorrow ,meanwhile I didn't
forget your past efforts to assist me in transferring of the fund
despite that you are afraid, that makes us failed some how.

This is to notify you that I have already make an arrangement with
Bank Of Africa by program and deposited the sum of ($750.000.00 USD)
into an ATM MASTER VISA CARD in Burkina Faso to be transferred/send
to you before left the country.

They told me that they will be sending and shipping your ATM MASTER
VISA CARD worth the sum of $750,000.00 US Dollars through DHL COURIER
SERVICE to you, so that you can start withdrawing your $750,000.00 US
Dollars in any ATM MACHINE around you without any delay or
failure.them.

Contact Name; Mr Roland Micheal(Foreign Operation Manager)
Email;(rolandmicheal78@gmail.com )
Please, resend your Details Information to her
e-Mail Address above for immediate shipping and delivering of your
ATM MASTER VISA CARD to your Home Address in your country without any
failure.And you should not hesitate to let me know whenever you
receives your ATM MASTER CARD


Best Regarding,
From Mrs.Alima Kulu

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