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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)
  • ",000,000" (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)
  • "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)
• 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.
  • +2348077497736 (Nigeria, 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.
  • atmcardpaymentcentre08@yahoo.de (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA 2008! <atmcardpaymentcentre08@yahoo.de>
Date: Mon, 24 Nov 2008 10:06:12 +0100
Subject: Urgent Beneficiary

OFFICE OF THE HEAD OF SENATE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA

Urgent Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your inheritance file and
found out that why you have not received your payment is because you have not
fulfilled the obligations given to you in respect of your inheritance payment.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with the none officials
in the bank your entire attempt to secure the release of the fund to you. We wish
to advise you that such an illegal act like these have to stop if you wish to
receive your payment this week since we have decided to bring a solution to your
problem. Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment
center in Belgium Europe that is the latest instruction from MR. PRESIDENT,
ALHAJI UMARU YAR’ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA. AND EFCC (Economic and
Financial Crime Commission) NIGERIA. As well the INTERPOL and FBI. 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 you can withdraw is (1,500
GBP) one thousand five hundred pounds per day, so if you like to receive your
fund this way please let us know by contacting the card payment center: contact
person

Dr Daniel Watac:
My Direct Telephone Phone number: +234 8077497736
Email: atmcardpaymentcentre08@yahoo.de
And also send the following information for the processing of your ATM card funds:

1. Your full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address
4. Your age and current occupation
5. Present state and country
6. Annual income
7. Attach copy of your identification

The ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER has been mandated to issue out 1,000,000.00 GBP
(GREAT Britin Pounds) as part payment for this fiscal year 2008. Also for your
information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s)
or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your Payment. For oral discussion,
call and email me back as soon as you receive this important message for further
direction and also update me on any development from the above-mentioned office.


Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which
is (ATM-822) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card center by
using it as your subject.

Note do not reply any E-mail regarding any LOTTERY, to be fore warned is to be
fore armed.

Regards,
Dr Daniel Watac.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam