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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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (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.
  • rev.dr.john_matthew1@infohq.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2008 15:56:24 +0000
Subject: FROM UNITED NATION'S OFFICE (IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD)




Our Ref: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.
(WORLD BANK
ASSISTED PROGRAMME)
DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL
PAYMENT AND
TRANSFERS.
870 UNITED NATIONS PLAZA 20-A NEW YORK NY
10017
WIRE TRANSFER/AUDIT UNIT

Attn:
Beneficiary,


IRREVOCABLE PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM


CARD. We have actually been authorized by the newly appointed United
nation secretary general, and the governing
body of the UNITED
NATIONS monetary unit, to investigate the unnecessary delay on your
payment, recommended and approved in your favour.During the course of our
investigation, we discovered with dismay that your payment has been
unnecessarily Delayed by corrupt officials of the Bank who are Trying to divert
your funds into their private accounts.

To forestall this, security for
your funds Was organized in the form of your personal
Identification number (PIN) ATM CARD and this will enable only you
to have direct Control over your funds in the ATM CARD.We will monitor this
payment ourselves to avoid the hopeless situation created by the Officials of
the bank.

An irrevocable payment guarantee has been issued by the Presidency, Federal Republic of Nigeria on your
Payment .However, we are happy to inform you that based on our
recommendation/instructions, your complete contract funds has been credited in
your favor through ATM CARD. You are therefore advice to contact:

REV.
DR.JOHN MATTHEW.
Director ATM Payment Department,Central Bank of
Nigeria.
EMAIL ADDRESS:rev.dr.john_matthew1@infohq.com
Direct Tel:+234-1-470-9325.


Contact him now for the delivery of your ATM card.As soon as you
establish a contact with him,an ATM card will be issued to you immediately that
you can use to withdraw your funds in any ATM machine in any part of the
world, but the maximum is Ten Thousand dollars per day. So if you like to
receive your funds through this means you're advised to contact the ATM card
payment center with the following information as stated below:

1. PHONES
AND FAX NUMBER,
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND YOUR ATM CARD
TO
(P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
3. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
4. YOUR FULL
NAME. NOTE:

YOU ARE ADVICED TO FURNISH REV. DR.JOHN MATTHEW WITH YOUR
CORRECT AND VALID DETAILS.ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE PAID NOW IS
$45.3 MILLION. We expect your urgent response to this email to enable us monitor
this payment effectively thereby making contact with REV. DR.JOHN MATTHEW
as
directed to avoid further delay.

CONGRATULATIONS.
CAPT. JAMES
C. WILLIAMS
UNITED NATIONS, NEW YORK

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