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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: LINDA BAMMAN <lloydhosler208@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2022 00:28:51 -0800
Subject: RECEIVE YOUR ATM CARD COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $350,000.00 USD

Hello, how are you doing

I am Mr. Charles Gordon Bill Jr
Manager at Chase Bank, Cypress California USA 90630

I want to inform you that Chase Bank has recently compensated you with the
sum of $350,000.00 thousand USD for being a scam victim for the past many
years and your compensation has been sent to Mrs. Monica Maldonado at our
Chase bank branch in New York via ATM debit card for activation.

So all you need to do is to quickly contact Mrs. Monica Maldonado at our
Chase bank branch in New York to receive your ATM card and start your daily
withdrawals of $1,000.00 thousand USD.

Here is the contact of Mrs. Monica Maldonado.

Bank manager: Mrs. Monica Maldonado
Email: maldonadomonica581@gmail.com
Phone # / Whatsapp: 706-640-1411
bank address:

Here is the FedEx tracking number we used and mail your ATM card to Monica
Maldonado at our Chase bank branch in New York.

Tracking #: 274671539802
FedEx website: www.fedex.com

Please track it and see your ATM card has already been delivered to Monica
Maldonado since June 24th by 10:26am New York time, then contact her
immediately with your current address for your delivery.

Sincerely

Mr. Charles Gordon Bill Jr
Manager at Chase Bank, Cypress California USA 90630

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