419 scam: "Robert S.Mueller III" <fbiRobert@mail2robert.com> ATM CARD CENTER

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "contact the atm card center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "charles c. soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "central bank of nigeria" (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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +2348181026872
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.
- finance-house@superposta.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Robert S.Mueller III" <fbiRobert@mail2robert.com>
Reply-To: finance-house@superposta.com
Date: Thu, 1 Mar 2012 09:27:57 -0800
Subject: ATM CARD CENTER

Attn:Beneficiary,

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we
have thoroughly Investigated with the help of our Intelligence
Monitoring Network System that you are having an illegal Transaction
with Impostors claiming to be Prof. Charles C. Soludo of the Central
Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, none officials of
Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx,Ibrahim
Sule,Larry Christopher, Puppy Scammers are impostors claiming to be
the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our Investigation, we
noticed that the reason why you have not received your payment is
because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to you
in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment.

Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your
behalf and they have brought a solution to your problem by
coordinating your payment in total USD$11,000.000.00 in an ATM CARD
which you can use to withdraw money from any ATM MACHINE CENTER
anywhere in the world with a maximum of $4000 to $5000 United States
Dollars daily. You now have the lawful right to claim your fund in an
ATM CARD.Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in this
transaction, you have to be rest assured for this is 100% risk free it
is our duty to protect you. All I want you to do is to contact the ATM
CARD CENTER via email for their requirements to proceed and Help
procure your Approval Slip on your behalf which will cost you $110.00
only and note that your Approval Slip which contains details of the
agent who will process your transaction.

CONTACT INFORMATION

NAME: Usma Roger
EMAIL: finance-house@superposta.com
Telephone Numbers: +234-8181-026-872

Do contact Mr. Usma Roger of the ATM CARD CENTER with your details:

FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
TELL:
CELL:
CURRENT OCCUPATION:
BANK DETAILS:

So your files would be updated after which he will send the payment
information which you'll use in making payment of $110.00 via Western
Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval Slip after
which the delivery of your ATM CARD will be effected to your
designated home address without any further delay. We order you get
back to this office after you have contacted the ATM SWIFT CARD CENTER
and we do await your response so we can move on with our Investigation
and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you.

Thanks and hope to read from you soon.

FBI Director Robert S.Mueller III.

Note: Do disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices
claiming to be in possession of your ATM CARD, you are hereby advice
only to be in contact with Mr. Usma Roger of the ATM CARD CENTER who
is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your ATM CARD
PAYMENT and forward any emails you get from impostors to this office
so we could act upon and commence investigation

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