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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)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
  • "chief auditor" (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.
  • enquiry_apex@africamail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: John Wash <prtask26@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Nov 2007 07:56:51 -0500
Subject: INSTRUCTIONS ON YOUR PAYMENT






PRESIDENTIAL TASK FORCE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT SCHEDULE
PRESIDENTIAL QUARTERS, PORT-NOVO,REPUBLIQUE DU BENINATTENTION: OUR ESTEEMED CLIENTTHIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT /INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT. SECONDLY, WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE COURIER AND BANKING SECTORS ALL FOR YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH IS AN ILLEGAL ACT WHICH 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 CENTER ASIA PACIFIC. THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR. PRESIDENT, CHIEF YAYI BONI(GCFR) REPUBLIC DU BENIN. THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY FROM ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD BUT THE MAXIMUM IS FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS (5,500) PER DAY. SO IF YOU WANT TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THROUGH THIS PAYMENT MODE, PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING OUR ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION BELOW; 1. FULL NAME2. ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD3 PHONE AND FAX NUMBER4. YOUR AGE 5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN THE POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.REV DR. KENT HAMILTON DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT APEX BANKMOBILE: 229 95-794624EMAIL: enquiry_apex@africamail.com
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT THREE MILLION, TWO HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ($3,200,000.00) ONLY FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2007/2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR BANK(S) TO AVOID ANY HITCH IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT. NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0112) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
REGARDS,MR. JOHN WASH.CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENTREPUBLIC DU BENINATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER (ATM-0112)
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