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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:
  • "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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +22993991207 (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.
  • uniontrust_bk@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ToulouMrs Sandra" <mrs.sandra@yp.com.hk>
Reply-To: fd.chamber@yahoo.fr
Date: Tue, 29 Jul 2008 17:05:25 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION:ATM MASTER CARD OWNER.




FROM THE DESK OF MRS.SANDRA TOULOU
DIRECTOR ATM CARD DEPARTMENT
UNION TRUST BANK AND SECURITY
BENIN REPUBLIC WEST AFRICA.
OUR REF: U.T.B.S.C./MF/B01/Vol 01


 

 

ATTENTION :ATM MASTER  CARD OWNER,

 

WE HERE BY NOTIFYING YOU THAT UNION TRUST BANK HAVE BEEN MANDATED TO
ISSUE OUT YOURPAYMENT OF  $1,200,000.00USD  THROUGH ATM CARD AND YOU
HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER  COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER  PERSONS  OR
OFFICES  OR MINISTRY OF FINANCE  BENIN TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN
RECEIVING YOUR ATM CARD  PAYMENT.

 

UNION TRUST BANK MANAGER HAVE CONFIRMED AUTOMATION OF YOUR PAYMENT 
THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC  ATM CARD PAYMENT. THE BANK HAVE ARRANGED
YOUR  PAYMENT THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER WHICH 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 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  PAYMENTCARD TO YOU. YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD TO THE DR.
MARTIN DAVE  YOUR FULL INFORMATION AND TELEPHONE  NUMBER SOON FOR
IMMEDIATE MAILING OF THE ATM CARD TO  YOUR ADDRESS.

 

DR.MARTIN DAVE
FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
UNION TRUST BANK BENIN REPUBLIC
EMAIL: uniontrust_bk@hotmail.com

TEL: +229 93-99-12-07

 

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS  THE UTBSC HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE
OF CONDUCT  WHICH IS  ATM-04147  SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE
WHEN  CONTACTING DR.MARTIN DAVE ON  THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS 
YOUR SUBJECT. KINDLY NOTIFY UTBSC IMMEDIATELY YOU CONFIRM THE RECEIPT
OF THIS MASSAGE FROM THE UNION TRUST BANK.

 

MRS. SANDRATOULOU

HAND OF ATM DEPT

UTBSC BANK BENIN.

 


 

UNION TRUST BANK AND SECURITY
N.B: If you have received this mail and not requested for it please
discard this mail.
       This mail was sent on behalf of UTBSC BENIN  as it
is guaranteed on our banking code of conduct.

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