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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: IBRAHIM MUSA <ibrahimmusa20181@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jul 2020 00:01:56 -0700
Subject: YOUR ATM VISA CARD.......

Customers Service Hours--Monday to Saturday:
Office Hours Monday to Saturday:
YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT.
EMAIL; (unitafrica20151@gmail.com)







Re: Beneficiary,

Dear

We have been waiting for you to contact me for your ATM VISA CARD
worth $4,500,000.00 (Four Million, five Hundred Thousand United
States Dollars), being compensation fund for 150 scam victims, but I
did not hear from you all this while And one Mrs Maria Dean claims she
is your representative that we send the money to her.

Please I want to verify from you before we deliver your ATM VISA CARD
to her, the issue of this compensation was approved after the meeting
held behind closed doors between my humble self and the Director
Federal Bureau of Investigation, United Nations Representative in West
Africa and the Nigeria Government and their presidency, so after this
meeting the entire house concluded that all victims of scam will be
compensated by the Nigeria Government as a means to sanitise them, So
all we need from you is to follow up our instruction to enable you
receive your own ATM VISA CARD before it expires.

Further information, all the documents pertaining the compensation is
intact with us including Insurance premium and Clearance Certificate
Fee of the package showing that it is not Drug Money or meant to
sponsor Terrorist attack in your Country.

So confirm the below information to enable our agent get to your home
for delivering of your address.

REPLY ON THIS EMAIL: unitafrica20151@gmail.com

ATM Visa Card:
1. Full Names:
2. Residential Address:
3. Phone Number:
4. Occupation
5. Country:
6. Identification:



Best regards
Dr.Ibrahim Musa.
Managing Director(I.M.F) Nigeria

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