419 scam: Office Notification <office_file98@verizon.net> Attention: Attn: Unpaid-Beneficiary,

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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:

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:
- "atm payment department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "swiftcard@w.cn" (this email address looks like addresses used in "ATM SWIFT card" scams)
- "swiftcard@w.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +22998 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Office Notification <office_file98@verizon.net>
Reply-To: swiftcard@w.cn
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 2010 03:51:34 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Attention: Attn: Unpaid-Beneficiary,

Attention: Attn: Unpaid-Beneficiary,

I wish to use this medium to inform you that your contract/inheritance payment of usd$5,500,000.00 ( Five million five hundred united states dollars) from central bank of Benin have been released.The National Central Bureau of Interpol enhanced by the United Nations and Federal Bureau of Investigation have successfully passed a mandate to the current president of Benin his Excellency President Yayi Boni to boost the exercise of clearing all foreign debts owed to you and other individuals and organizations who have been found not to have receive their Contract Sum,Lottery/Gambling, Inheritance and the likes.Now your fund has been approved for onward transfer to you via atm card since your fund is in a domented account for long.

Now we have arranged your payment of ( usd$5.5m) Five million five hundred thousand united states dollars through swift card payment centre Asia pacific, this card centre will send you an atm card this will be coming alongside a custom pin which you will use to withdraw up to $10,000 per day from any ATM machine that has the Master Card Logo on it.Also with the ATM Visa card you will be able to transfer your funds to your bank account. The ATM Visa card will comes with a handbook or manual to enlighten you about how to use it.

So if you like to receive your fund in this way, please let me know by contacting oceanic bank atm payment department and also send the following information as listed below.

Full names: __________________________

Address:_____________________________________

Country:______________________________________

Zip Code:___________________________

Sex: ________________________________________

Age: ________________________________________

Marital status: _____________________________

Occupation/Position: _________________________________

Scann copy of any of your identification:____________

Tel/House /private: _____________

I Mr/Mrs._______ hereby declared that, all the above information produced by me are true.

However, kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your atm payment card.

Rev Dr.Uche Anthony.h. Director,

Atm payment department

Phone: +229 98.90.96.16

email:( swiftcard@w.cn )

The atm card payment center has been mandated to issue out your payment and you have to stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment. note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our code of conduct, which is (VISA CARD-0411) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card centre by using it as your subject.

Regards

Hon. Konnel larry.

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