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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)
  • "foreign payment department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
• 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.
  • fortunetrust_bk@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 22 Nov 2008 16:52:29 +0100
Subject: ATTENTION : ATM MASTER CARD OWNER


FROM THE DESK OF DR.MRS.SANDRA KOFFI=20
DIRECTOR ATM CARD DEPARTMENT
FORTUNE TRUST BANK=20
BENIN REPUBLIC WEST AFRICA.
OUR REF: F.T.B./MF/B01/Vol 01
EMAIL: fortunetrust_bk@hotmail.fr

=C2=A0

ATTENTION : ATM MASTER CARD OWNER,


WE HERE BY NOTIFYING YOU THAT FORUNE TRUST BANK HAVE BEEN MANDATED TO ISS=
UE OUT YOUR PAYMENT OF $1,200,000.00USD THROUGH ATM CARD . YOU HAVE TO ST=
OP FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) OR MINISTR=
Y OF FINANCE BENIN TO AVOID HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM CARD PAYMENT.


FORTUNE TRUST BANK MANAGER HAVE CONFIRMED AUTOMATION OF YOUR SWIFT PAYMEN=
T THROUGH AN ELECTRONIC ATM CARD PAYMENT. THE BANK HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAY=
MENT THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC THIS CARD CENTER WILL=
SEND YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR MONEY IN ANY AT=
M MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD . THE MAXIMUM DAILY WITHDRAWAL IS $5,0=
00USD 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 PA=
YMENT CARD TO YOU. YOU ARE REQUESTED TO FORWARD TO DR. LUCA DADA


YOUR FULL INFORMATION=20
YOUR FUNCTIONAL TELEPHONE NUMBERS

FOR IMMEDIATE MAILING OF THE ATM CARD TO YOUR ADDRESS.


DR. LUCA DADA
FOREIGN PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
FORTUNE TRUST BANK BENIN REPUBLIC
EMAIL: fortunetrust_bk@hotmail.fr


=C2=A0

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS THE FTB HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF COND=
UCT WHICH IS ATM-0212 SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING D=
R. LUCA DADA ON THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT. KINDLY NOTIF=
Y FTB IMMEDIATELY TO CONFIRM THE RECEIPT OF THIS MASSAGE FROM THE. FORTUN=
E TRUST BANK.

=C2=A0

DR.MRS.SANDRA KOFFI=20
HEAD OF ATM DEPT
FTB BANK BENIN.=C2=A0=C2=A0=C2=A0

=2E

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