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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.Mike James" <atmcardoffce430@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mikejames81161@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 7 Mar 2022 04:24:17 -0800
Subject: Read carefully,

Read carefully,

The International Monetary Fund IMF and the World Bank is compensating
all the scam victims $5.2 Million United State Dollars DASH, and your
email address was found in the scam victim's list.This ATM card
The department office has been mandated by the IMF and the UBA Bank
Benin Republic to transfer your compensation funds to you through an
ATM Visa CARD to avoid any online fraud.

We hereby advise that you stop any further communication with any
other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your
payment.

In-order to stop the internet fraudulent activities going on internet
today, the following agencies (ICPO-Interpol, Euro-pol,FBI,Anti-Money
Launder, Secret Service,EFCC, Australia Westpac Banking Corporation
has taken measures to see that Fraud activities going on in the
internet in Africa including fraudulent acts in the world Today are
stopped and there is progress.

So we need your information as to where we will be sending the ATM
CARD,such as:And you are asked to pay for the delivery fee of $200 only
for the shipment of your said funds via ATM Card.

Full Name........................
City.............................
State............................
Zip Code.........................
Country..........................
Delivery Address.................
Personal Phone Number............
Occupation.........................
Company name........................
Attach Copy Of Your Identification..........................

IMPORTANT NOTE: Your payment files will be returned to the IMF within
one week if we did not hear from you, this was the instruction given
to us by the IMF.

ATM Payment Department
ATM card International Plc.
Contact Number text only:+12254786314


Regards,
Mr.Mike James

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