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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. Freddy Hermann" <offixfilez@gmail.com>
Reply-To: freeeways@outlook.com
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2021 10:25:35 +0100
Subject: ATTN: **Dear Fund Beneficiary, (YOUR ATM CARD)*

Dear Fund Beneficiary,

This is to notify you concerning your abandoned ATM Visa Card valued
sum of US$10.5 Million of which I would like to receive a positive
response from you or make a suggestion on how you wish to receive your
ATM Card. I am Mr. Freddy Hermann the new director ATM Head of
Operation United Bank for Africa PLC, I resumed this office on the
10th of January 2021 and during my official research I discovered an
abandoned ATM Visa Card valued sum of $10.5 Million belonging to you
as the rightfully intimate beneficiary.

I tried to know why this card has not been released to you but I was
told by the UBA Bank management that the former director ATM head of
operation who left this office two Years ago withheld your card for
his own personal use without knowing that his evil plans towards
diverting your funds will be discovered.

Now that your ATM Visa card is still available and ready for your
receiving, therefore you can come down here to our bank to pick up
your card direct from my office or alternatively it can be arranged
ship to your address through any registered reliable courier service
company that you will take care of the courier charge, hope it is
cleared and accepted by you?

I don’t know the courier cost of shipping the card to you but if you
permit me and accept the terms, then I can make an inquiry from the
courier shipping company to find out the cost, but in that case, you
will be required to forward to me your address where you want to
receive the card to enable me find out the shipping cost to your
location.

URGENTLY RE-CONFIRM YOUR DATA AS REQUIRED OF BLOW:

(1) YOUR FULL NAMES……
(2) YOUR DIRECT TELEPHONE NUMBER…..
(3) YOUR CORRECT HOME ADDRESS……….
(4) YOUR RELIGION...............
(5) YOUR SEX AND AGE…………….
(6) YOUR OCCUPATION…………
(7) SCAN COPY OF YOUR VALID I.D CARD…………….

NOTE: that on reconfirmation of the above stated data, more details
about your ATM CARD payment will be made known to you. We await to
receive your swift positive response, Thanks for your cooperation.

Regards,

Mr. Freddy Hermann.

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