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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • soued@oued.org (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mr jude brown <jude_brown42@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <govnncentralbank_cbnnig@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2007 19:46:34 +0000
Subject: ATM CARD PAYMENT



>From the Desk of;Mr. Jude Brown,Director World Bank Delegates,West African Regional Representative.
Dear; Sir, ( ATM CARD PAYMENT) This is to officially inform you that after our duly consultation between the WORLD BANK REPRESENTATIVE here in West African and PRESIDENT (Alhaji Umar Musa Yar'adua) the President Federal Republic of Nigeria over the none payment of the contract/inhertittance owe by the Federal Government of Nigeria and we were able to verified your unclaimed Contract/Inheritance files and discovered reasons why you are yet to receive your payment. It is because of irregularities and implications discovered on your payment file by our technical experts in respect to your unclaimed Contract / unclaimed Inheritance payment requirements which have just been duly rectified. Meanwhile, we have been informed that you are still dealing with impostors and non-recommended officials in the Bank. Such acts must stop for security reasons if you wish to receive your payment. Since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem, right now we have arranged your payment through our ATM CARD as directed by the president, Chief (Alhaji Umar Musa Yar'adua)(GCFR) of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Below is the ATM CARD Payment arrangement. The Swift Card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money from any ATM machine/ pay point center in any part of the world, but the maximum is Six thousand dollars per day. An ATM Swift Card could also be customized and personalized to your withdrawal amount specification not exceeding US$5,000.00 only. Per day by the ATM Swift Card Center base on your request, but this is very optional. To receive your funds do contact the Card Payment Officer director telex & ATM swift Card department of CBN, DR ADIBE GEORGE. E-MAIL: soued@oued.org Tel: 23414310549 Send the following information to the Card Payment Officer. 1) Your Full Name.2) Your Current Postal Address.3) Your Phone, Fax and Mobile phone numbers.4) Total Amount Expecting. You are warned, on your own interest, stop any further communication with any institution or office claiming to have relevance to the payment of your Contract sum Inheritance Fund out side this office. Note: To avoid impersonation, you are hereby issued a code of conduct reference number, which is wbn/atmscxx0x5x9x3x07. You must have to indicate this code when contacting the card center.Yours faithfully,Mr. Jude BrownDirector World Bank Delegates,West African Regional Representative.
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