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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: blessing <blessingsuleiman2004@gmail.com>
Reply-To: charlestidwell@citromail.hu
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2022 07:42:27 +0100
Subject: Urgent Attention,

Attention: ATM Card Beneficiary,

I wish to use this medium to inform you that your full Payment of
USD$1.6M (One Million Six Hundred Thousand Dollars) from CENTRAL BANK
OF NIGERIA have been RELEASED and APPROVED for onward transfer to you
via an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw all the USD$1.6M in any
ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum you can
withdraw in a day is USD$5,500 Only.


We have mandated UBA BANK of Nigeria Plc, to send you the ATM CARD and
PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw all your USD$1.6 Million
Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part of the world, but as i
have mentioned earlier, the maximum you can withdraw in a day is
USD$5,500.00 Only.


You are therefore advice to contact the Head of ATM CARD Department of
UBA BANK of Nigeria Plc Contact Person: E-mail address: (
charlestidwell@citromail.hu ) Mr.Charles Lucas. and inform him that
you received a message from the office of the Senate instructing him
to send you the ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER which you will use to withdraw
your USED$1.6 Million Dollars in any ATM SERVICE MACHINE in any part
of the world, also send him your direct phone number and contact
address where you want him to send the
ATM CARD and PIN NUMBER to you. We expect your urgent response to
this email to enable us monitor this payment effectively.

Thanks for hering to this instruction and once again accept our congratulations.

Best Regards.

Senator Ahmed Lawan

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