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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:

• 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)
  • "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
• 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.
  • atmpaymentcenterbeninrepublic_1@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: officefile20@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 02 Apr 2008 20:17:28 +0200
Subject: RE;CONTACT ATM PAYMENT CENTER IMMEDIATELY



HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND,
NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ( USD$1.5m)
ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS 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, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR
FUND IN THIS
WAY,PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY CONTACTING 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
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 TORELEASE
YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.
DR.JOHNSON EMMA
ACCOUNT OFFICER,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
PHONE;(+229)-936-980-51
EMAIL:
atmpaymentcenterbeninrepublic_1@yahoo.ca
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
HERE BY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS(ATM-0411) SO YOU HAVE
TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY SING IT AS YOUR
SUBJECT.
REGARDS
BARRISTER.CHARLES.B.EZE

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam