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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: "Ms. Roseline Adiele" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thepresidency.ngr@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 14 Mar 2022 16:51:32 -0700
Subject: ATM CARD DELIVERY

THE PRESIDENCY
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE (FMF)
AHMADU BELLO WAY, CENTRAL BUSINESS DISTRICT
PMB 14, ABUJA, NIGERIA
Urgent Attn:
RESOLUTION NO: FGN/FMF/CBN-FEC22
 
Your overdue payment which has been unclaimed for years has finally been cleared by the Federal Executive Council after their weekly meeting today. The Federal Executive Council is made up of the Federal Ministers as well as the President who is the Chairman of FEC and the Vice President as Vice Chairman.
 
After the clearance of your payment from the office of the President, as well Accountant General of the Federal, I wish to inform you that we of the Federal Ministry of Finance is now ready to dispatch your Automated Teller Machine (ATM) card valued US$6.5M to your address. Your Gold MasterCard is going to be delivered through an insured package of Federal Express (FedEx).
 
Note that as soon as the card is dispatched, we shall send to you the FedEx tracking numbers to enable you know when your card would arrived your address so that you will be available to pick it up. Also, we shall send to you the Personal Identification Number (PIN), which will enable you make withdrawals from the card. It is pertinent also to let you know that this card would be programmed to be able to dispense a maximum of US$25,000.00 daily.
 
Contact this office on ARoseline.FMF@gmail.com or
thepresidency.ngr@gmail.com for further information.
 
Yours faithfully,
 
Ms. Roseline Adiele
Federal Ministry of Finance
 

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