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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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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)
  • "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "chief auditor" (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 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.
  • +2347069017385
• 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.
  • kennethakanawuatm@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ATM CREDIT CARD <creditcardsettlement9979@msn.com>
Reply-To: <kennethakanawuatm@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 27 Dec 2008 21:26:34 +0000
Subject: PAYMENT UPDATE



PAYMENT UPDATE
ATM Payment Office,
Office of the chief Auditor To The President,
International Credit Settlement
REF:TBT-01-008 AGOA
Implementation Instructions
TBT-02-038


Attention: Beneficiary,

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/ 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 contract/inheritance payment. Secondly, we have been informed that you are still
dealing with the none officials in the bank all your attempts to secure the release of the fund to you.

We wish to advise you that such an illegal act like this have to stop if you wish to receive your payment since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem.

Right now we have arranged your payment through our swift card payment center Asia pacific, that's latest instruction from the new president, Aihaji Umar Musa Yaradua federal republic of Nigeria.

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 is ten thousand, five hundred United States dollars per day. So if you like to receive your funds in this way please let us know by contacting the atm payment department director and also send the following information as listed below.

1. Full name
2. Full address (p.o box not acceptable)
3. phone and fax #
4. Your age
5. Gender
6. Occupation
7. A copy of identification photograph or Drivers License


However, kindly find below the contact person

Prof. Kenneth Akanawu
International payment department
Email:kennethakanawuatm@hotmail.com
Phone: +23470-6901-7385


The ATM card payment center has been mandated to issue out $1,500,000.00 as part payment for this fiscal year 2008. Also your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitch in receiving your payment.

Note that because of impostors, we hereby issue you our code of conduct, which is (ATM-112 2008) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card center by using it as your subject.

Mr. Al-Haji Amuna Marua
Chief auditor to the president
Federal Republic of Nigeria.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam