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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.AHMED YAKI"<sales@bankinginfotech.com>
Reply-To: ahmedyaki41@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 14:22:46 -0700
Subject: Dear Beneficiary Now

I’m Mr. Ahmed Yaki, the new appointed Postman of Regular Mail Post Office
branched at 3 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017, United States. I assumed this
office on 13th, Jan, 2020. On going through the files of the previous
records of this office, I discovered that there are six parcels containing
ATM cards each one attached with an email address of the owner on it. The
former appointee of this office Alhaji Ahmed Musa Jr. failed to carry out
the delivery as it was instructed and programmed. Probably, one of his
reasons for not carrying out the delivery was that you have not provided
your postal address to him for the completion of the delivery as he
remarked.

According to the content recorded in each file, the ATM card was deposited
by one Senior Evangelist Mathew Peterson who died one year back as a
charity foundation parcel to each of the six of you. On the statement he
wrote on the list, he stated that each of the aforementioned ATM cards
contains the sum of US$4,550,000.00 and he found your email contacts as
reputable and capable persons that can use the charity awarded ATM Cards to
change the lives of people.

Meanwhile, I've made the arrangement of posting the six parcels through
Regular Mail Post Office to the six of you to your respective mailing
addresses.
Am also sending the same message of the same content to six of you that own
the six abandoned ATM CARDS each at the same time. If found in spam folder,
it could be due to your Internet Service Provider, ISP. So move to your
inbox before your reply.

I went to our head office at United States Postal Service and reported the issue of the
discovered six ATM cards in my office and they verified it and gave me the
veto order to carry out the delivery immediately you reconfirm your mailing
address to this office in order for us to mail the ATM CARD directly to you
after Postal Stamp of the parcel. Note, below information is officially
needed for posting of the ATM CARD ASAP.

Full name:
Full mailing info:
Your cell phone line:
Country:
Your id card
Nearest Airport:

We shall post your ATM Card once you update us with the above info and you
shall be given a tracking number, that is, the Track and Trace number of
your parcel once it is posted to your mailing address, so as to enable you
track your parcel to know exactly when it will arrive to your mailing
address.
Remain blessed as I'll be looking forward to receiving your immediate
response.

Contact: Email ahmedyaki41@gmail.com
Contact phone number +1 (336) 365 5874
MR.AHMED YAKI


I’m Mr. Ahmed Yaki, the new appointed Postman of Regular Mail Post Office
branched at 3 E 47th St, New York, NY 10017, United States. I assumed this
office on 13th, Jan, 2020. On going through the files of the previous
records of this office, I discovered that there are six parcels containing
ATM cards each one attached with an email address of the owner on it. The
former appointee of this office Alhaji Ahmed Musa Jr. failed to carry out
the delivery as it was instructed and programmed. Probably, one of his
reasons for not carrying out the delivery was that you have not provided
your postal address to him for the completion of the delivery as he
remarked.

According to the content recorded in each file, the ATM card was deposited
by one Senior Evangelist Mathew Peterson who died one year back as a
charity foundation parcel to each of the six of you. On the statement he
wrote on the list, he stated that each of the aforementioned ATM cards
contains the sum of US$4,550,000.00 and he found your email contacts as
reputable and capable persons that can use the charity awarded ATM Cards to
change the lives of people.

Meanwhile, I've made the arrangement of posting the six parcels through
Regular Mail Post Office to the six of you to your respective mailing
addresses.
Am also sending the same message of the same content to six of you that own
the six abandoned ATM CARDS each at the same time. If found in spam folder,
it could be due to your Internet Service Provider, ISP. So move to your
inbox before your reply.

I went to our head office at United States Postal Service and reported the issue of the
discovered six ATM cards in my office and they verified it and gave me the
veto order to carry out the delivery immediately you reconfirm your mailing
address to this office in order for us to mail the ATM CARD directly to you
after Postal Stamp of the parcel. Note, below information is officially
needed for posting of the ATM CARD ASAP.

Full name:
Full mailing info:
Your cell phone line:
Country:
Your id card
Nearest Airport:

We shall post your ATM Card once you update us with the above info and you
shall be given a tracking number, that is, the Track and Trace number of
your parcel once it is posted to your mailing address, so as to enable you
track your parcel to know exactly when it will arrive to your mailing
address.
Remain blessed as I'll be looking forward to receiving your immediate
response.

Contact: Email ahmedyaki41@gmail.com
Contact phone number +1 (336) 365 5874
MR.AHMED YAKI

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