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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:
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "cotonou" (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 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.
  • +22998251199 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "K M" <kadermeek4@ig.com.br>
Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2008 18:52:34 +0100
Subject: Contact atm payment department


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Direction Nationale de la BCEAO pour le BéninCENTRALBANK OF THE STATES OF=2
0WEST AFRICA *
*Avenue Jean Paul I Cotonou.*
* BP 365 CotonouTelex (0972) 5441 BCEAO COTONOU

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09/07/08
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*ATM CARD PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
OFFICE OF THE DI RECTOR OF OPERATION
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,
CENTRAL BANK OF THE STATES OF WEST AFRICA

**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.
*
*RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR SWIFT CARD PAYMENT
CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM OUR NEW ELECTED
PRESIDENT
THIS CARD CENTER WILL SEND YOU AN ATM C ARD VALUED TO THE AMOUNT
OF $2,300,000.00 AS FIRST PART QUARTER PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR
2008.WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY
PART OF THE WORLD. 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.FULL NAME
2.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD TO(P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)

4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5.A COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

HOWEVER, KINDLY FIND BELOW THE CONTACT PERSON:

DR. BERTRAND BELMONDO*
*DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
EMAIL: **beninatmdepartment01@live.fr*<http://uk.mc280.mail.yahoo.com/mc/compose?to=beninatmdepartment01@live.fr>
*Tell:+229 9825 1199
NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,
WHICH IS (ATM-811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE
CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

REGARDS,

DR. BABA YALIAN.
*
*CHIEF AUDITOR*
* *

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam