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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:

• 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.
  • +447031947081 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
• 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.
  • swiftcard1@yahoo.com
  • piuswilliams005@yahoo.co.uk

Fraud email example:

From: "Joseph Zoro" <josephzoro1@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Oct 2005 20:24:53 +0000
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN.

INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTEMENT
ZURICH SWITZERLAND.

Swiftcard1@yahoo.com

 

ATTN:

 

SIR/MA,
SINCE?WE HAVE BEEN HAVING PROBLEM OVER REMITTING YOUR MONEY TO YOU, THROUGH SWIFT TRANSFERED DUE TO THE ACTIVITIES OF THE AL-QUADA GROUP AND TERRORIST ATTACKS HERE AND THERE,ALSO WITH THE PETTITIONS AND COUNTER PETITIONS SUBMITED TO THIS OFFICE AMIDST SEVERAL ACCOUNT INFORMATIONS, WHICH WAS SUBMITED BY DIFFERENT PARTIES TO WIRE THIS MONEY TO, WE ARE CONFUSED AS TO WHICH ACCOUNT IS THE CORRECT AND REAL ACCOUNT FOR, WE CAN NOT AFFORD TO WIRE THIS FUND TO A WRONG ACCOUNT/PERSON.
FOR THIS REASON WE DECIDED TO ARRANGE YOUR PAYMENT TO YOU THROUGH ATM CARD, WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT YOUR LIMIT PER A DAY IS,$20,000. TWENTY THOUSAND DOLLARS AND CAN NOT BE MORE THAN THAT FOR IT WILL BE RELOADED BACK AUTOMATICALY AFTER ANY WITHDRAWAL, TO AVOID MISTAKE, OUR CARD CENTRE IN SWITZERLAND WILL SEND YOU THE ATM CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS WHICH I WILL LIKE YOU TO RECONFIRM TO US FOR WE  ARE CONFUSED WITH THE LITANY OF ADDRESS IN YOUR PAYMENT FILE.

NOTE THAT ANY P.O.BOX, P.M.B. ADDRESES ARE NOT ACCEPTED FOR NO COURIER
SERVICE CAN ACCEPT THAT, YOUR PHONE AND FAX NUMBERS IS ALSO NEEDED FOR EASY COMMUNICATION AND FAXING OF THE TRACTING NUMBERS OF THE COURIER COMPANY, YOU HAVE TO ALSO INDICATE THE AMOUNT YOU ARE TO BE PAID SO THAT YOU WILL HELP US,  NOT TO OVER LOAD YOUR CARD OR UNDER LOAD IT FOR, YOUR BENEFIT AND ALSO FOR OWN OUR BENEFIT BECAUSE TIME WILL BE SAVED FOR US.

CONGRATULATIONS ONCE AGAIN FOR WE HAVE SEEN THE STRESS YOU WENT THROUGH OVER THIS MONEY IN YOUR PAYMENT FILE, THANKS TO ATM CARD FOR THIS HAS MARK THE END OF YOUR TRIBULATIONS AS WE WILL EXPECT YOU TO INTRODUCE US TO YOUR FRIENDS AFTER YOU HAVE COLLECTED YOUR MONEY AND INTRODUCE OUR PRODUCT TO THEM.

 

THANK YOU,

MR PIUS WILLIAMS
UK,Gen Maneger.

Tell:+447031947081

Email:piuswilliams005@yahoo.co.uk

www.cacentpayment.com

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