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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)
  • "chief auditor" (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 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.
  • mmdonald08@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS JUAN DEAN" <info@lottoconfirmation.net>
Reply-To: mcdonalmic@yahoo.it
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2008 23:29:59 +0000
Subject: RE: PAYMENT INFO!!!




INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
COMMERZ BANK(CB).
DATE:30TH.JULY 2008


ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY

THIS IS TO OFFICIALY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR PAYMENT FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FUFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR PAYMENT. SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS IN THE BANK ON YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND.

WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU WISHES 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, BOND FINANCIAL SERVICE GROUP, 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 WITHDRAWAL IS TWO THOUSAND FIVE DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR FUND THROUGH THIS METHOD, PLEASE LET US KNOW BY

CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:


1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE NUMBER,
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY ATTACHED


CONTACT PERSON FOR THE COLLECTION OF YOUR ATM CARD:


MR.MICHAEL DONALD
BOND FINANCIAL SERVICE GROUP
EMAIL:mmdonald08@gmail.com
PHONE:+34693378952


THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT FIVE HUNDRED AND SIXTY THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s).THIS IS TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN FINALIZING YOUR PAYMENT. AS SOON AS YOU REPLY TO

THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE, FURTHER DIRECTIONS WILL BE GIVEN IMMEDIATELY.NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF

CONDUCT, WHICH IS (6741) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER.


MRS JUAN DEAN
CHIEF AUDITOR.

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