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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 Stefanie Chantal <michelangeloantonioni56@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrs.stefanie.chantal@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 03:06:02 +0000
Subject: COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

This is to inform you that, We have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of
the Organization of African Unity ( O A U ) United Nations (UN),
European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI.
We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various
parts of African countries which includes (Nigeria, Republic of Benin,
Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody
now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague
(Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.

During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover
so much money from these scam artists. The United Nations Anti-Crime
Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have ordered the
money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people
around the World for compensation. This Email/Letter is been directed
to you because your email address was found in one of the Scam Artists
file and computer hard-disk during our investigation, maybe you have
been scammed or not, you are therefore being compensated with the sum
of ($,5.2 Million Dollars)

We have also arrested some of those who claim that they are
barristers, bank officials,
Lottery Agents who has been sending you SMS on your phone that you
have won a lottery which does not exist. Since your email address
appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation
funds, we have arranged your payment to be paid to you through ATM
VISA CARD. An ATM Visa Card will be issued in your name and your
($,5.2 Million Dollars) will be loaded into it, and deliver it to your
postal address with the Pin Number, as to enable you withdrawal your
funds from any Bank ATM Machine worldwide. To issue the ATM Visa Card,
you are therefore advised to contact the Accountant in Charge of your
payment, this is because the United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and
the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Government has chosen
them to payout all the compensation funds to the 100 Lucky
beneficiaries, because the ATM Visa Card is a global payments
technology that enables consumers, businesses, financial institutions
and governments to use digital currency instead of cash and checks.
Kindly contact the ATM Card Issuance Department now with the below
contact details



Contact him now for the delivery of your ATM Card. As soon as you
establish a contact
with him, an ATM card will be issued to you immediately which you can
use to withdraw your funds in any Bank ATM Machine, but the maximum
daily limit is $15,000.00 per day because the Card has been upgrade.
So if you like to receive your funds through this means you're advised
to contact email (mr.wilson.s.chantal@gmail.com ) with the following
information as stated below:

1. Your Full Name................
2. Your Age.........................
3. Occupation....................
4. Cell/Mobile Number......
5. ID card

home Address Were You Want your ATM Card to be delivered to or (P.O Box)

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