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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:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +22997098876 (Benin, probably a 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.
  • financialtrustbankatm@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "0099665223 joseph" <henrycc15@telegraf.by>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2008 03:28:14 +0100
Subject: CONTACT ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER FOR YOUR $2.5M (ATM-0411


My Dear Friend,

HOW ARE YOU TODAY TOGETHER WITH YOUR FAMILY I HOPE THAT ALL IS FINE?
WELL IAM WRITING TO INFORM YOU THAT I HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT 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,

BUT THE MAXIMUM IS ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY
($1500.00) SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY PLEASE LET ME
KNOW BY CONTACTING FINANCIAL TRUST BANK PLC ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND ALSO
SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW TO THE BANK VERY URGENT.

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

HOWEVER, KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSSITION TO RELEASE YOUR
ATM PAYMENT CARD.

REV DR.WILSON FRED, DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT CENTER
FINANCIAL TRUST BANK PLC BENIN REPUBLIC.
MOBILE: 00229-970 98 876
EMAIL:( financialtrustbankatm@yahoo.fr)

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 USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

ALSO REMEMBER THAT THIS IS THE AMOUNT THAT IS IN THE ATM CARD THAT YOU ARE
GOING TO RECEIVE FROM THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER $2.5M UNITED STATE DOLLARS
THAT IS THE TOTAL AMOUNT THAT YOU WILL WITHDRAW WITH THE ATM CARD.

IAM WAITING FOR YOUR URGENT REPLY AS SOON AS YOU CONTACT THE ATM PAYMENT
OFFICE.
REGARDS,
MR. Henrycc

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