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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)
  • "million 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)
  • "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.
  • info_assurence_du_benin@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Morris Benson" <billmail@purcell.biz>
Reply-To: info_assurence_du_benin@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Wed, 7 Nov 2007 15:04:13 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT IS READY



ATTN: HELLO FRIEND,

RIGHT NOW I ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER
ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR. PRESIDENT,CHIEF IYAYI
IBONI(GCFR) REPUBLIC OF BENIN.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
US KNOW BY CONTACTING OUR ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING
INFORMATION TO THE ATM CARD DIPT E-MAIL ADDRESS AS LISTED BELOW.

1.YOUR MOBILE NUMBER, HOME PHONE AND FAX NUMBER,
2.YOUR ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
TO (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
3. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
4.YOUR Home Equity {YES OR NO}.
5.YOUR FULL NAME:

HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSSITION TO RELEASE
YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.
CONTACT BELOW PERSON :
REV DR.MATHEW OKOH DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT UNION BANK ,
EMAIL:info_assurence_du_benin@yahoo.co.uk .

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT US$1.2 MILLION
DOLLARS,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-0411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER
BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,
MR.MORRIS BENSON,
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam