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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: Mrs Daniella Kyle <mrsdaniellakyle6@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsdaniella.kyle@yandex.com
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 00:54:36 -0700
Subject: Re:ATM Visa card compensation, Thanks for your past effort

Good Day,

This message may actually come to you as surprises today, To be very
honest with you, It is a joyful moment for me and my family right now,
so therefore am using this opportunity to inform you that have
successfully move to Vietnam where am currently living with my
business partner who assisted me to complete the transfer, but due to
the willingness and acceptance you showed during my pain have decided
to willingly compensated you and show my gratitude to you with these
sum of $950,000.00 Nine Hundred and fifty Thousand US Dollars).

I want you to accept this amount it’s from the bottom of my heart,
have issued the check and instructed the bank to roll the fund on a
master card for security reasons, you can use the card to withdraw
money from any ATM machine worldwide with a maximum of US$10,000 per
day. My bank account manager said you can receive the card and use it
anywhere in this global world.

Go ahead contact the Global ATM Alliance directly with this below
information. Email Address: maastercarddeptme20@yahoo.com

The Company Name: ........... ....... Global Alliance Burkina Faso
Company Address; ...... 01BP 23 Rue Des Grands Moulins.Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Email Address: ..... [maastercarddeptme20@yahoo.com]
Name of Manager In charge: Mrs Zoure Gueratou

Presently, I am very busy here in Vietnam because of the investment
projects which I and my new partner are having at hand, I have given
instructions to the ATM Visa card office on your behalf to release the
ATM card which I gave to you as compensation. Therefore feel free and
get in touch with her and she will send the card and the pin code to
you in your location in order for you to start withdrawing the
compensation money without delay.

Let me know as soon you received the card together with the pin code.

Thank you
Yours Sincerely
Daniela Angelo Kyle

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