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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:
  • "atm payment department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
• 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.
  • +22993138718 (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.
  • customer_carecenter10@inmail24.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
  • jacob_makindede1000@sunumail.sn (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "infor web" <wemail1@hosanna.net>
Date: Mon, 25 Aug 2008 19:58:12 +0200
Subject: ATM PAYMENT INSTRUCTION.


Attn: Beneficiary,

We have been directed by the present President of Republic of Benin to
review the unpaid contract/compensation funds of foreign and local
contractors for immediate payment, And we have been directed to do that and
have also arranged your payment of ($1,850,000.00) One Million Eight Hundred
and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars through Atm swift card payment
centre depat., here in our bank, this card centre will process and send you
an Atm card which you will use to withdraw your money in any Atm machine in
any part of the world as we are inter_swicthed all over the world, but the
maximum is ($1,500 ) one thousand, five hundred united states dollars per
day. so if you wish to receive your fund in this way, we advise that you get
in touch with the Atm payment department officer in charge and you are also
required to assist in the documentation and processing of your Atm by
filling the requested information stated in the form below.

Full names: __________________________
Address:_____________________________________
State: ______________________________________
Zip: ________________________________________
Country______________________________________
Sex: ________________________________________
Age: ________________________________________
Marital status: _____________________________
Religion: ___________________________________
Occupation/Position: _________________________________
E-mail address: _____________________________
Scann copy of any of your identification, either Inter,L passport or
Driver's licence:_____________________________
Telephone house: ___________________________
Telephone office: ___________________________
Telephone private: ___________________________

I_______________ hereby declared that, all above information produced by me
are true.

Be advised, that you will be required to pay the sum of $109 for
administrative, processing and handling fees. However, kindly contact the
below person who is in position to release your Atm card.
=============================================
Attention:Dr.Jacob Makinde.
Atm Processing & Claim Department.
Phone: +229 -931-387-18
Email: customer_carecenter10@inMail24.com OR
jacob_makindede1000@sunumail.sn
============================================

The Atm card payment centre has been mandated to issue out your payment and
you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or
office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment. note that because
of impostors, we hereby issued you the code of code of ethics,which is
(Atm-1488) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the Atm dept
centre for proper indication as the beneficiary.



Sincerely yours In service.

Sign By;Mrs. Anna G.Koloh
Executive secretary.
Foreign Payment Office.(Depart.,)
ATM Payment Department.
Central Bank Benin.

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