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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:
  • "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "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.
  
• 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.
  • antoniokoh_atmpaymentcenter@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: chuka onwachukwa <mrchuka_onwachukwa1123@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <chuka_onwachukwa@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 2 Jul 2007 13:28:45 +0100
Subject: Attention: Beneficiary




CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (CBN)
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMNT CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
ATM CARD PAYMENT FOR FUND BENEFICIARIES

Attention: Beneficiary
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file and found out the reason 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.
Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with some none officials in the bank, in order to attempt to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish to advice you that such an illegal act has to stop 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 swift card payment. As instructed by the President, Alhaji Umaru Musa Yar’Adua (GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria.
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 As a matter of fact we don’t have enough time to waste since we have wasted time in contacting our respective client, so try and comply with the entire necessary requirement for remittance
You are advice to contact Dr. ANTONI OKOH, (Director ATM Integrated Payment Department.) on his E-mail: antoniokoh_atmpaymentcenter@yahoo.com within 24hrs for rectification and payment with the following information

1. Full name
2. Full address (P. O Box not acceptable)
3. Phone and fax #
4. Your age, sex and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification
His office has been mandated to issue out $8,300,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2007. Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.
Note due to the activities of the impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-811) so you have to indicate this code when contacting his office by using it as your subject.
Regards,
Dr Chuka Onwachukwa
Auditor General Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN)
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