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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:

• An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
• 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)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • +2348022445187 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
• This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
  • office.atmcarddept@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ATM PAYMENT OFFICE." <infoatmpayment1@mobimail.mn>
Reply-To: office.atmcarddept@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 5 Jul 2008 01:20:35 -1200
Subject: PAYMENT UPDATE


ATM PAYMENT UPDATE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT,
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT.

ATTENTION:

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR IMMEDIATE
CONTRACT PAYMENT/ LOTTERY/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU
HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED ALL THE
OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE
PAYMENT.

FURTHERMORE WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL IN CONTACT AND DEALING
WITH NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK! ALL IN THE ATTEMPTS TO SECURE
THERE RELEASE OF THE FUNDS TO YOU.

WE WISH TO ADVICE YOU THAT STOP FORTH WITH SUCH ILLEGAL ACTS!!!AS WE HAVE
DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEM. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE
ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA
PACIFIC,THAT'S THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM THE NEW PRESIDENT, AIHAJI
UMAR MUSA YARADUA FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA (G C F R).

THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW
YOUR MONEY AT ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT
YOU ARE ONLY ALLOWED TO WITHDRAW DAILY A MAXIMUM OF $10,500USD ONLY(TEN
THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS) PER DAY.SO IF
YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR INHERITANCE /CONTRACT FUND IN THIS WAY PLEASE LET
US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR AND ALSO SEND THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.

1. FULL NAME:
2. FULL ADDRESS :
3. PHONE AND FAX #:
4. YOUR AGE :
5. GENDER :
6. OCCUPATION:

CONTACT THE OFFICER IN CHARGE DIRECTLY TO PICKUP YOUR OWN

*ATM PAYMENT OFFICER

NAME: FRED UZOMA.
TEL: +234-80-22-44-5187
EMAIL: office.atmcarddept@gmail.com<http://uk.mc243.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=office.atmcarddept@gmail.com>
*


THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT 800,000.000 AS
PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FOR YOU INFORMATION,YOU ARE TO
STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S)OR OFFICE(S)TO AVOID
ANY HITCH IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,
WHICH IS (ATM112/2008)- SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE
WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

MR. SADIQ ALMAN
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.

Anti-fraud resources:

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