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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: ATM INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT <cubaindpt@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ericjohnsondpm@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 6 Sep 2021 05:46:21 -0700
Subject: ATM INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT

ATM INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY

ATTENTION HONORABLE BENEFICIARY

This is to officially notify you that we have verified your contract
Inheritances file and found out that why you have not received your payment
Is because you have not fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect
Of your contract/inheritance payment.

Secondly, we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none
officials in the bank, all your attempt to secure the release of the fund
to you .we wish to advise you that such an illegal act like this have to
stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a
Solution to your problem. Right now we have arranged your payment through
our swift card payment center Asia pacific, that is the latest instruction
from the federal republic of Benin and federal ministry of finance.

This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw
Your money in any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is
One thousand five hundred dollars per day, so if you like to receive your
Fund this way please let us know by contacting the card payment center and
also send the following information to him in order to proceed immediately:

1. Full name……………………….
2. Phone …………………………….
3. Address ……………………………..
4. Age…………………………………..
5. A copy of Your identification……………………
6. Occupation………………………………
7. Next of Kin……………………………….

However, kindly find below the contact person:

MR. ERIC JOHNSON
Director, ATM payment department
EMAIL: ericjohnsondpm@gmail.com

The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out
($8,300,000.00) as part payment for this fiscal year 2010. also for your
information, you have to stop any further communication with any other
person(s)or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your atm payment.
for oral discussion, i can be reached on or email me back as soon as you
receive this important message for further direction and also update me on
any development from the above mentioned office.

Have in mind that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of
conduct, which is (atm-143) so you have to indicate this code when
contacting the card center by using it as your subject.

Best regards.

Mr Cedric Kikisagbe
Chief auditor to the president
Federal republic of Benin

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