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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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (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.
  • +2347034302372
  • +23414742021 (Nigeria, landline)
• 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.
  • atmcard_dept811@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. SABO TAHIR" <officedept00010@gala.net>
Reply-To: atmcard_dept811@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Jul 2008 02:37:26 +0100
Subject: Atm Card-811


Atm card payment for fund beneficiaries.
Office of the director of operations
International credit settlement
Central Bank of Nigeria.

Attention: Beneficiary:

I am Mr. Tahir Sabo, national special adviser to president Alhaji Umaru Musa
Yaradua Federal Republic of Nigeria. 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 by the president Alahji
Umaru 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
Five thousand dollars per day, so if you like to receive your fund this way
please let us know by contacting the card payment center and also send the
following information:

1.your full name
2.phone and fax number,
3.address were you want them to send the atm card
4.your age and current occupation
5.a copy of your identity

Mr. Frank E.Nweke.
International Credit Settlement/
Minister for Information and
National Orientation.
E-mail: email: atmcard_dept811@yahoo.com
Contact number: +234-703-430-2372.

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).
This is to avoid any hitches in finalizing your payment.

Email back as soon as you receive this important message for further
direction in this regards and also updates me on any development from the
above-mentioned office.

Note: that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct,
which is (811) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card
center.

Mr. Sabo Tahir
National Special Adviser
Tele: + 234-1-474 20 21
Fax: + 234-1-759 24 11

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam