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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)
  • "million 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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +2340702323506
• 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.
  • charlesuzoma@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "sagoe_aziza Gazeta.pl" <sagoe_aziza@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: charlesuzoma@rocketmail.com
Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2008 19:10:16 +0100
Subject: ATM PAYMENT UPDATE


ATM PAYMENT UPDATE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT,
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT AND
FOREIGN CONTRACT PAYMENT DEPARTMENT.

ATTENTION: SIR/MADAM,

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.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH SOME NONE
OFFICIALS ACTING LIKE BANKS, AND YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE AND RELEASE
OF YOUR FUND TO YOU HAS BEEN PROVEN ABORTIVE DUE TO THE FAKE BODIES ACTING
LIKE BANK OFFICIALS. WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE
THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISHES 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, WHICH IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM THE NEW. PRESIDENT
AIHAJI UMAR MUSA YARADUA, 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 (US$1,500) PER DAY. SO IF
YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY, PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING
THE ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT DIRECTOR.

ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW IMMEDIATELY.

1. FULL NAME
2. FULL ADDRESS (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
3. YOUR DIRECT PRIVATE MOBILE NUMBER THAT CAN REACH YOU ALONE
ONLY.(TELEPHONE NOT ACCEPTABLE)
4. YOUR AGE, SEX AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR PASSPRT OR WORKING ID FOR PROPER IDENTIFICATION.

MAKE SURE THAT YOU SEND AN ATTACHED COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION AND YOUR
DIRECT PRIVATE MOBILE NUMBER WITH YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS TO ENABLE YOU
SECURE YOUR ATM CARD AND ALSO FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTION AND DIRECTIVES GIVEN TO
YOU BY DIRECTOR (DR.CHARLES UZOMA) OF CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N) ATM
CARD PAYMENT DEPARTMENT ACCORDING TO THE RULE AND REGULATION BECAUSDE ALL
THE ARRANGEMENT HAS BEEN MADE.

HOWEVER, KINDLY FIND BELOW THE CONTACT PERSON (DR.CHARLES UZOMA) AND FORWARD
ALL THE REQUIRED INFORMATION IN THIS PRIVATE EMAIL ADDRESS (
charlesuzoma@rocketmail.com)

DR.Charles Uzoma
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTRE.
TEL: +234 - 070-232-35061
EMAIL :(charlesuzoma@rocketmail.com)

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT SIXTY MILLION
DOLLARS (US$60MD) AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2007/2008. 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.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,
WHICH IS (ATM-CODE111) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE
CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

Best Regards
CHARMAN AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
SAGOE AZIZA

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