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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:
  • "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)
  • "00,000.00" (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.
  • paulsule55@yahoo.it (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Paul Sule" <paulsule1@mailbox.hu>
Reply-To: paulsule55@yahoo.it
Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2008 12:05:35 +0100
Subject: CONFIRM YOUR ATM PAYMENT


(ATM CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION)
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,
E-MAIL ME ON: paulsule55@yahoo.it


ATTN: BENEFICIARY.


CONFIRM YOUR ATM PAYMENT


THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT
/INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT
IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FUFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF
YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.




RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT
CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM OUR NEW ELECTED
PRESIDENT WHO WAS SWORN IN ON THE 29 OF MAY 2007 AS THE NEW PRESIDENT OF
NIGERIA, ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR'ADUA. FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.


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 DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR
FUND THIS WAY PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER AND
ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:


(1.) FULL NAME
(2.) PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
(3.) YOUR AGE AND OCCUPATION
(4.) ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO
(5.) A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION


THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT 8,300,000.00 AS
FIRST PART QUATER PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FOR YOUR
INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER
PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM PAYMENT.


NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,
WHICH IS (ATM-811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE
CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.


REGARDS,

MR. PAUL SULE.
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,
E-MAIL ME ON: paulsule55@yahoo.it

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam