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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "atm payment department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
  • +22993472898 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: jimpeters@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:42:38 +0100
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER (ATM-0411)


GOOD DAY.
NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF (950,000.00) NINE HUNDRED
AND FIFTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT
CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH
YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF
THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES
DOLLARS PER DAY.SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,PLEASE
LET ME KNOW BY CONTACTING FINANCIAL BANK ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO
SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.

1.FULL NAME
2.ADDRESS
WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
3.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
4.YOUR
AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION
HOWEVER,
KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM
PAYMENT CARD.
REV DR.MATHEW OKOH DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT

FINANCIAL BANK BENIN.
MOBILE:+229 93 47 28
98
EMAIL:financialbankplc2003@excite.fr
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS
BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER
COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES
IN RECEIVINGYOURPAYMENT.
NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY
ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0411) SO YOU HAVE TO
INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR
SUBJECT.
REGARDS,
JIMPETERS



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