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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)
  • "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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • drpatrick_frk@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR PATRICK FRK" <kassion@e-mail.ua>
Reply-To: drpatrick_frk@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 00:32:54 +0100
Subject: International credit settlement


CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE,VICTORIAISLAND,LAGOS NIGERIA.
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
TINUBU SQUARE LAGOS




Atm Payment Update
Office of the chief auditor to the president,
International credit settlement
Date:24th/june/2008.



Attention: beneficiary

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 fulfilled the obligations
given to you in respect
of your contract/inheritance
payment.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none
officials in the bank.
Your entire attempt to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish to
advise you that such an
illegal act like this has to

stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a
solution to your problem.
Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment
center Asia pacific, that is
the latest instruction
from ALHAJI UMAR YAR'ADUA (GCFR) 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 United States dollars
per day. So if you like
to receive your fund in this way please fill the following information's


1. Full name
2. Full address (p.o box not acceptable)
3. Phone and fax #
4. Your age, sex and current occupation
5. Attach copy of your identification

DR PATRICK FRK
Director, atm payment department, (cbn)
Email:(drpatrick_frk@hotmail.com)
Date:06th/june/2008.

The atm card payment center has been mandated to issue out $8,300,000.00 as
part payment for this fiscal
year 2008. Also for
your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other
person(s) or office(s) to avoid
any hitches in
receiving your payment.


Regards,

Mr. Sadiq Alman
Chief auditor to the president
Federal republic of Nigeria

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