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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. WILSON S CHANTEL" <lf487631@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.wilson.s.chantal@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 15 Dec 2021 22:51:02 +0000
Subject: 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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