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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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (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 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.
  • +2348023254759 (Nigeria, 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.
  • cbnremitancedept@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "united nation delivery" <unitednation.delivery@klikni.cz>
Reply-To: atmdebitpayment1@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 May 2008 18:29:34 +0100
Subject: FROM THE OFFICE OF UNITED NATIONS ATM DELIVERY


*Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.
(WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY 10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT *

*Attn: Beneficiary, *


*IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD. *


*We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed United nation
secretary general, and the governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary
unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your payment, recommended and
approved in your favour.During the course of our investigation, we
discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily Delayed by
corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert your funds into their
private accounts. *

* To forestall this, security for your funds Was organized in the form of
your personal Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD and this will enable only
you to have direct Control over your funds in the ATM CARD.We will monitor
this payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the
Officials of the bank. *


*An irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued by the Presidency, Federal
Republic of Nigeria on your Payment .However, we are happy to inform you
that based on our recommendation/instructions, your complete contract funds
has been credited in your favor through ATM CARD. You are therefore advice
to contact:
REV. DR.JOHN MATTHEW, Director ATM Payment Department,Central Bank of
Nigeria.
EMAIL ADDRESS: **cbnremitancedept@sify.com* <cbnremitancedept@sify.com>
*Tel:+234-1-470-9325,+234-802-325-4759. *

* Contact him now for the delivery of your ATM card.As soon as you establish
a contact with him,an ATM card will be issued to you immediately that you
can use to withdraw your funds in any ATM machine in any part of the world,
but the maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per day. So if you like to receive
your funds through this means you're advised to contact the ATM card payment
center with the following information as stated below: *

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

* NOTE: YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV. DR.JOHN MATTHEW WITH YOUR CORRECT
AND VALID DETAILS.ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS $45.3
MILLION. We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor
this payment effectively thereby making contact with REV. DR.JOHN MATTHEW as
directed to avoid further delay.

CONGRATULATIONS.*

* CAPT. JAMES C. WILLIAMS
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK


*

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