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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)
• 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.
  • +22997863050 (Benin, probably a 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.
  • ecoatm330@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: michaelagu@elvigiaensenada.com
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 02:31:25 +0100
Subject: CONTACT ECO BANK PLC REGARDING YOUR ATM MASTER CARD OF $800.000.00 THOUSAND USD IMMEDIATELY.

DEAR ,

GOOD DAY TO YOU AND YOUR FAMILY.

NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT
CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, 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.SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS
WAY,PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY CONTACTING ECO BANK ATM PAYMENT
DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED
BELOW.

1.FULL NAME
2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM
3.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN
POSSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.

ATTN; MR DESMOND LARRY,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
ECO BANK ATM MASTER CARD DEPARTMENT BENIN.
Phone number +229-978-630-50
EMAIL: (ecoatm330@yahoo.fr)

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT
YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION
WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES
IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR
CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-04181) SO YOU HAVE TO
INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING
IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

THE ONLY CHARGE THAT YOU HAVE TO PAY THE ECO BANK ATM MASTER
CARD DEPARTMENT IS $109 USD WHICH WILL BE USED TO CONVERT
YOUR FUND INTO THE ATM MASTER AND DELIVER IT TO YOU WITH THE
PIN CODE IMMEDIATELY VIA D.H.L. COMPANY THIS CHARGES COVERS
BOTH THE CONVERTION OF THE FUND INTO ATM MASTER AND DELIVERY
CHARGES OF D.H.L COMPANY.

Dr MICHEAL AGU
OFFICE.

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