419 scam: "JAMES" <joyjames2247@yahoo.in> HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND,

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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:
- "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)
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.
- oceanic_2010@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JAMES" <joyjames2247@yahoo.in>
Reply-To: oceanic_2010@hotmail.fr
Date: Tue, 20 Apr 2010 13:31:13 -0000 (GMT)
Subject: HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND,

HELLO MY GOOD FRIEND,

NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ( $1.5M USD)THROUGH SWIFT CARD
PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, 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 FIFTEEN THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED
STATES DOLLARS PER DAY.SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS
WAY,PLEASE LET ME KNOW BY CONTACTING FINANCIAL BANK ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS LISTED BELOW.

1.FULL NAME...........
2.ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD...........
3.MOBILE PHONE NUMBER...........
4.FAX PHONE...............
5YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION............
6.ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION............

HOWEVER,KINDLY CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR
ATM PAYMENT CARD. BAR.JOHN DIKE DIRECTOR GENERAL, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
EMAIL: (oceanic_2010@hotmail.fr) 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 (ATM-0411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS
CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

REGARDS

MR JAMES OBI

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