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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 state 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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "federal high court" (This court is often mentioned in '419' scams to give the victim a reason why he/she should send thousands of dollars to the scammers. A 'Federal High Court' exists in Germany and Nigeria, but not in other countries, such as the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Senegal, Benin, South Africa or other countries where fake lawyers in scams often claim to be based. )
• 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.
  • +22997097909 (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.
  • atmpaymentdpt68@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: billsmith02@freenet.de
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2008 21:02:26 +0100
Subject: PAYMENT SUCESSFUL


Good day,
I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick
your bank draft but did not hear from you since that time, then i went
and deposited the draft in the bank Valued $1.2M ,One Million Two
Hundred Thousand United State Dollars. We have arranged your payment
through Wire Transfer into your bank account or 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.
Kindly contact the below person who is in possition to
release your ATM Payment Card. Send your information which they will use
to send the card to you.
1: Your full name:....................
2: Your
postal/home address were you wish to receive your Atm Card:............

3: Your direct mobile phone number/ home telephone
number:..................
4: Your valid bank account
no:.........................
Contact person who is in position to
release your Fund via wire transfer or Atm Card.
Prof.Charles Nnama
Director,
ATM Payment Department Apex Bank
Tel: +229 9709
7909
Email:(atmpaymentdpt68@yahoo.it)
Note;I have paid for the
processing and delivery charges.the only money that you are going to
pay/send to them is 75Euro which they will use to obtain the affidavit
of onwership from the Federal High Court of Justice Benin Republic.
Kindly contact them as soon as possible to quicken the processing of
your Card before your draft gets expired.
Waiting for your respond and
your Urgent Call with the above tel no.
Thanks
Bill Smith



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