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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:
  • "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)
  • "affidavit of claim" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. Never ever send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally. )
  • "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
• 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.
  • +22997852842 (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.
  • natbankplc@bk.ru
  • 3bnatbankplc@bk.ru

Fraud email example:

From: "senator_moses Gazeta.pl" <senator_moses@gazeta.pl>
Date: Mon, 30 Jun 2008 14:28:39 +0200
Subject: THE NEWLY PRESIDENTIAL,S APPROVED PAYMENT BY (ATM CARD-07794647174


OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTAL,S
THROUGH THE DESK OF SENATOR MOESE.
THE SECRETARY TO THE AFRICAN UNION COMMITTEE.

THis is to officially inform you that we have verified your
contract/inheritance file and have found out the reason why you have not
received your payment are 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 banks in
West Africa illegally, because they are not the authorized body or bank to
handle your contract payment.

Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center
Asia, United States and Europe pacific that is the latest instruction from the
newly formed African Union committee headed by murmma gaddaffi the current
president of libya and the new elected president of Nigeria president Alhaji
Umaru Musa Yara'adua, and Ngozi Okonji Iwuala one of the world bank managing
director,Yayi boni , Presesident Republic of Benin,and IMF. 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 receive your fund this way please let us
know by contacting the Director, Foreign remittance/telex department of the ATM
Card Payment Center. And also send the following information:

Contact Name.Rev Marwa Annan,
National bank ATM Director.
EMail;natbankplc@bk.ru

ADDRESS;NATIONAL <natbankplc@bk.ruADDRESS;NATIONAL> BANK BENIN
REPUBLICEmail;natbankplc@bk.ru <Email%3Bnatbankplc@bk.ru>
PHone/fax; +200 11 252
Direct line;+229 978 528 42

[1.] Your full name [2.] Your address were you want them to send the ATM card
[3.] Your telephone and fax number [4.] Your driver's license or
international passport.

The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out USD.1.5 million
first as part payment or accrued interest for this fiscal year 2008.Listen do
not send any money to them apart from Affidavit of claim which will proove
your legality of your claim which is $156 dollars only .the delivery fee has
been deducted from your fund . For oral discussion, call and email me back as
soon as you receive this important message for further direction and also
update me on any development from the above-mentioned office.

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which
is (ATM-07794647174) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card
center by using it as your subject. Feel free to contact them.NOTE:That We have
mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call , if we still find
out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been
frustrating , I shall stop and cancel your payment immediately.

Best regards,
FOR THE AFRICAN UNION COMMITTEE ,
THROUGH THE DESK OF Senator.moses,

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