419 scam: "Senate Committee on Appropriation & Finance"<info@senate.com> Senate Committee on Appropriation & Finance

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "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)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
- c.c22@ig.com.br (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Senate Committee on Appropriation & Finance" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <c.c22@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 8 Dec 2009 05:45:00 -0800
Subject: Senate Committee on Appropriation & Finance

Senate Committee on Appropriation & Finance
Aso Rock Villa, FCT, Abuja

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your file and found out why you have not received your overdue payment. This is occasioned due to the fact that you have not fulfilled the due obligations given to you in respect to your payment.

Secondly, we have information that you are still dealing with the some officials here in an attempt to secure the release of your fund.

We wish to formally advise you that such an illegal act have to stop - if you wish to receive your payment since a solution to your problem has been deliberated upon by the committee. We have arranged your payment to be made through our swift card payment center regional office - this is the latest instruction from the senate house in conjunction with IMF.

The card center will send you an ATM card, this card will be used to withdraw your money from any ATM machine in any part of the world, and the
maximum amount you can withdraw per transaction from the ATM machine is $2000 [Two Thousand US Dollars]

Kindly notify this office ASAP if you will like to receive your fund through this arrangement by the committee.

If affirmative, you are advised to reconfirm and send the following information to the coordinator:

1. Full Names: _____________

2.Residence/Street address you wish to have your ATM card sent:
#___________________

3. Telephone/Fax number: +____________

4. Occupation: __________________

The contact information of the coordinator is as follows:

Mr. Raymond Chukwu
Email: c.c22@ig.com.br

The ATM Card Payment Center has been mandated to issue out your $800,000:00 [Eight Hundred Thousand Dollars] as part payment for the fiscal year 2009.

It will be in your best interest to stop all further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any bottleneck or hitches in receiving your payment.

Note: Due to activities of impostors, we hereby issue you our 'Transaction Code' ATM234 NG. Bear in mind that you will be required to indicate this code [ATM234 NG] in any/all correspondence with this office and the Card Payment Center by using it as your subject line for prompt attention to your application.

Best regards,

Hon. Mark David

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