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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
  
• 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.
  • ftb.atmcardmaster_dept@tlen.pl

Fraud email example:

From: "Paul igwe" <pauligwe8@biz.by>
Date: Fri, 18 Jul 2008 21:26:47 +0200
Subject: ATTENTION : YOUR ATM EXECUTIVE MASTER CARD IS READY


FROM THE DESK OF DR. MRS. ELIZABETH ETOM
DIRECTOR ATM CARD DEPARTMENT
FORTUNE TRUST BANK
BENIN REPUBLIC WEST AFRICA.
OUR REF: F.T.B./MF/B01/Vol 01
EMAIL:ftb.atmcardmaster_dept@tlen.pl

ATTENTION : ATM MASTER CARD OWNER, WE HERE BY NOTIFYING YOU THAT FORUNE
TRUST BANK HAVE BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT OF $1,200,000.00USD
THROUGH ATM CARD . YOU HAVE TO STOP FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER
PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) OR MINISTRY OF FINANCE BENIN TO AVOID HITCHES IN
RECEIVING YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT. FORTUNE TRUST BANK MANAGER HAVE CONFIRMED
AUTOMATION OF YOUR SWIFT PAYMENT THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC ATM CARD PAYMENT. THE
BANK 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 . THE
MAXIMUM DAILY WITHDRAWAL IS $5,000USD PER DAY. A TOTAL OF $5,000USD AT A
TIME . NOW YOU ARE TO TAKE CARE OF YOUR FUND BY CONTACTING THE BANK TODAY.
THIS IS A SPECIAL ARRANGEMENT IN COLLABORATION WITH MASTER CARD COMPANY USA.
KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM
PAYMENT CARD TO YOU. YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD TO DR. LUCA DADA YOUR FULL
INFORMATION AND TELEPHONE NUMBER FOR IMMEDIATE MAILING OF THE ATM CARD TO
YOUR ADDRESS. DR. LUCA DADA
FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
FORTUNE TRUST BANK BENIN REPUBLIC
EMAIL: ftb.atmcardmaster_dept@tlen.pl
NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS THE FTB HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF
CONDUCT WHICH IS ATM-0212 SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN
CONTACTING DR. LUCA DADA ON THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
KINDLY NOTIFY FTB IMMEDIATELY TO CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF THIS MASSAGE FROM
THE FORTUNE TRUST BANK.


ELIZABETH ETOM
HEAD OF ATM DEPT
FTB BANK BENIN

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