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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: James Leo <hamzambako9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officeinfo@financier.com
Date: Mon, 9 Jan 2023 08:41:54 +0100
Subject: Delivery of your ATM card (VISA).

ZENITH BANK NIGERIA PLC
Foreign Payments/ATM Accounts Unit
Headquarters: 57, Marina,
Lagos Nigeria

Dear ,

Note that the Government of the Federal Republic of Nigeria under the
Investigations of some irregular payments by the bank has entered into
formal agreements to work with Apex Bank,
to proceed with the payment of your outstanding payment of $10,000,000.00
to you through this respective bank to begin with. You will incur less or
less as a result of this new payment arrangement at no cost as your payment
has already been approved to access a Visa Debit (ATM) card to be charged
to you at your preferred destination in your country. The ATM card can be
accessed from any ATM in over 170 countries and can be used at POS
worldwide.
So go ahead and give us the following information below for accurate
delivery without error:

1.) Full name:
2.) Valid delivery address:
3.) Your phone contact ;

Our receipt of the above requirements Debit card department ensures the
safe delivery of your
loaded ATM card to your destination within 48Hours. Note that your tracking
number is forwarded to you as soon as the package is in transit so you can
track your package there and know when it matters to you. Let me repeat
again, try to confirm your delivery information as soon as you receive this
email to avoid further delays, and note that your PIN code of the card is
7864. Give him a prize no one. And try to call me to make sure it may be
that this message arrives safely. Accept our congratulations. The delivery
fee is $115.00, so that you can get your bank card home. I will Iban an
account forward where you can transfer the fee. With kindest

Regards,
James Leo (Mr),
Payment unit, ZENITH BANK
Phone; +234-810-329-5228
Contact mail; officeinfo@financier.com
Office of the Honorable Minister, Federal Ministry of Finance, Abuja

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