419 scam: "James Williams"<lenny3290@aol.com> Contact the delivery company for your ATM card immediatelysfPŒë¸"

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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:
- "security keeping fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
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.
- accessdeliverycompany@starmail.co.za (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "James Williams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <accessdeliverycompany@starmail.co.za>
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 2010 23:19:06 -0700
Subject: Contact the delivery company for your ATM card immediately

Greetings,

I waited for you to get in contact with me for your visa atm card Loaded
with the sum of $650,000,hence I deposited it with ACCESS DELIVERY
COMPANY GHANA LTD.

Note that i have already paid for the delivery charges and insurance
certificate but they did not allow me to pay for the security keeping fee
because they don't know when you will be contacting them, the security
keeping fee is $135.All that you need to do, is just contact them
immediately and send the security keeping fee of $135,to them so that they
will release your package to you without any delay.

Contact the Dispatch Director: Dr.Bright Kofi using this Email
Address:accessdeliverycompany@starmail.co.za and telephone:+233-548-110-117 with the following information below:

Full name:

Address

Telephone:

As a matter of facts, make sure as the rightful beneficiary of the visa atm card
package of $650,000.00,you must contact them by indicating the code
(2661428) to enable them deliver the visa atm card package as they have it
in their record.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.James Williams,

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