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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)
  • "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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 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.
  • infoze_nithbank@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "john" <blessing3@centrum.sk>
Date: Mon, 22 Sep 2008 18:04:31 +0200
Subject: CONTACT THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTRE IMMEDIATELY



ATTENTION:GOOD FRIEND
 
CONGRATULATIONS AS WE BRING TO YOUR NOTICE FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE. YOU HAVE BEEN CHOSEN BY THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES
AS ONE OF THE FINAL RECIPIENTS OF THIS YEAR'S PROMOTION OF CASH GRANT/DONATION.
 
THIS IS IN COLLABORATION OF HER 30TH ANNIVERSARY CELEBRATION, WE ARE GIVING OUT A YEARLY DONATION OF THE ATM CARD VALUE OF
USD$5.5MILLION (FIVE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ) TO 14 LUCKY RECIPIENTS, AS OUR ANNIVERSARY
PROMO.THE PROMO IS IN CONJUCTION WITH THE W.H.O, UN AND THE EU IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE ENABLING ACT OF PARLIAMENT.
 
THE ACT OF THE CASH GRANT/DONATION ONLY COLLECTED EMAIL ADDRESSES OF FINAL RECIPIENT FROM DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD:
UNITED STATE, GREECE, SAUDI ARABIA, EUROPE, ETC. WITH AN ELECTRONIC BALLOTING SYSTEM, WITHOUT THE RECIPIENT APPLYING.
FINALLY, YOU EMERGED ONE OF OUR LUCKY BENEFICIARY.
 
NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR BENEFICIARY PAYMENT OF ( USD$5.5MILLION) ONE MILLION FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS
THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THIS CARD CENTRE 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 IS FIVE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS
PER DAY.SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY CONTACTING ZENITH INTERNATIONAL BANK ATM
PAYMENT DEPARTMENT AND YOU CALL IMMEDIATELY :0022993476753 (DIRECTOR ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT).HOWEVER,KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW
PERSON WHO IS IN POSSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.
CONTACT PERSON:DR.JOHN WILLIAMS (DIRECTOR ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT)
TELFAX NUMBER:+22993476753 OR 0022993476753.EXT.102
EMAIL:infoze_nithbank@yahoo.fr
OR
infoze_nithbank@yahoo.fr
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.
1.FULL NAME.............................
2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD..........................
3.PHONE AND FAX NUMBER.....................................................
4.YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION..........................................
5.NEXT OF KIN..............................................................
6.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION.......................................
 
THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION 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 OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0412) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY
USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.
ONCE AGAIN CONGRATULATIONS
REGARDS
MR RICHARD MICHAEL

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