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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)
  • "federal republic of benin" (Benin, Cameroon, etc. are no Federal Republics, unlike Nigeria where this type of scam was invented)
• 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.
  • +22993158510 (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.
  • atmdepartmentoffice@myway.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: fcrichards016@zipmail.com.br
Date: Fri, 9 Nov 2007 11:25:47 +0100
Subject: =?iso-8859-1?Q?ATM=20PAYMENT=20DEPARTMENT=20BANK=20OF=20AFRICA?=

OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENCY
NEW SPECIAL PAYMENT SCHEME
FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE
WWW.PROMOBENIN.COM

ATTN: FUND BENEFICIARY:

THIS IS TO OFFCIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE FINALLY ARRIVE TO A SOLUTION
FOR BENEFICIARIES TO RECEIVE THEIR FUND. RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGE YOUR
PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE
LATEST INSTRUCTION BY THE JOINT MEETING OF THE AFRICAN HEAD OF STATES AND
ALSO FROM MR. PRESIDENT, CHIEF IYAYI IBONI(GCFR) REPUBLIC OF BENIN. THIS
ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO
WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY ON ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM
IS FOUR THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR FUND THIS
WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER AND ALSO
SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1.FULL NAME:

2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD:

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 MR. ROLLAND SCOTH DIRECTOR,

ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT BANK OF AFRICA :

CONTACT NAME: MR. ROLLAND SCOTH

DIRECTOR (ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER} REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT, INTERNATIONAL
BANK OF AFRICA)
EMAILS: ( atmdepartmentoffice@myway.com )
TELEPHONE: +229-93158510
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $850,000.00 TO
YOU FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2007. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP
ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) OR DISREGARD
ANY CORRESPONDENCE SIMILAR TO THE ONE YOU JUST RECEIVE. THIS IS TO AVOID
ANY HITCHES IN FINALIZING YOUR PAYMENT.

EMAIL BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE ON FOR MORE DIRECTION
ON THIS REGARD AND ALSO UPDATE ME IN ANY DEVLOPMENT FROM THE ATM CARD PAYMENT
CENTER NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS,

WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (114) SO YOU HAVE TO
INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE ATM PAYMENT CARD CENTER IN ALL CORRESPONDENCE,

HENCE THEY WILL NOT ATTEND TO YOU.
JUSTICE. ANDRE SOUSOU
AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF BENIN/FEDERAL MINISTRY OF FINANCE

F C RICHARD

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