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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.Kalvin Michelle" <mrkalvinmichelle@gmail.com>
Reply-To: offlicflie@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2023 21:08:18 -1200
Subject: Attention

Attn: Beneficiary ,

It is a pleasure to write you that we have reconciled with our
logistic department on the reimbursement of some fund spent by you
during the cause of your inadequate dealings with some imposters who
claim to be staff in banks and other regional payment centers. Our
reconciliation teams with the prospectus instruction of United Nations
Fund Compensation Commission after freezing suspected imposters
account.

This support was fully effective with the help of federal bureau
investigation after a summit meeting in the World Bank United States,
on the financial analysis and financial stability sign by
international global standard economy after gathering full payment
file from imposters who claim to be staff in the bank, our logistic
department gave us a list of customers to be paid who fall victims to
this imposters due to unawareness. And mode of payment was as well
specified for proper conducts and financial regulations to kick
against criminality during process of payment.

Now all scam victims will receive payment sum of US$8.5Million through
our swift card centers, which is the latest instruction from World
Bank/federal bureau investigation Reconciliation Office. The card
center will send you an ATM Debit card which you will use to withdraw
your money in any AUTOMATIC ATM Machine center in your country,

You are hereby selected as an honor for this payment approval, which
you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail in returning with
payment sum of US$25 require for obtain payment document and delivery
fee of your ATM Card and all your payment sum of US$8.500,000.00 will
be reloaded in ATM Debit account card and sent to your doorstep within
12hours today once you comply with our full instruction by send your
personal information require bellow for shipment of your ATM Debit
card:

1.Your Full Name:
2.Your Phone and Fax Number:
3.Home Address where you prefer your ATM Card to be delivered to (P.O
Box Not Acceptable)

For your information, you have to stop any further communication with
any other person (s) or office (s) to avoid any hitches in receiving
your payment because of Impostors, we hereby issued you our code of
conduct, which is (ATM-7740) so you have to indicate this code when
contacting the us by using it as your subject.

However, the ATM Debit card we are sending to you now will functions
in any AUTOMATIC ATM Machine in your country or any part of worldwide
with Maximum amount of US$10,000 per day withdrawal and you can use
the ATM card transfer money to any bank of your choice in the
USA/Worldwide with maximum amount of US$100,000.00 per day transaction
through any ATM Machine Transfer online guiding, also you can purchase
stuffs online with the ATM Depit card convenient at your time as its
secure and safe till you cash full payment of US$8.500,000.00 credited
on your behalf from United Nations Compensation Fund Unit Department
Switzerland.

So Kindly be informed that recipients shall be liable to all cost
arising for the delivery of the donation parcel which is US$25 Apple
card. This is due to Legal law protecting all donation funds
misappropriation.

Sign/Approval
Mr.Kalvin Michelle
Export Bank ATM Payment officer
Contact Email:(offlicflie@gmail.com)

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