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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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "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 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.
- +22996306317 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- revdavidmike@rocketmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: YOUR COMPENSATION FROM UNITED NATIONS <dskat----010@att.net>
Reply-To: revdavidmike@rocketmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Mar 2011 11:20:46 -0800 (PST)
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION FROM UNITED NATIONS

UNITED NATIONS
COMPENSATION UNIT,
IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK.

Attn:
Dear.
                         How are you today?

We have been having
series meeting for the past 8 months which ended 2 days ago with the secretary
to the UNITED NATIONS.We wish to inform you that effect from March 10th, 2011
UNITED NATIONS directive has been implemented by The government of west
african countries head in Abuja Nigeria to settle all the people
that have been scammed in any part of the world MOSTLY IN WEST AFRICAN SUB REGION, the
UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate them with the sum of ($1,200.000)

This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their
contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction that failed
due to Government problems etc.We found your name in our list and that is why we
are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed.

This directive sets part-payment of ($1,200.000) to beneficiary WHO FAIL
VICTIM OF INTERNET SCAM and direct transfers from commercial banks both within
and outside Nigeria
would no longer be approved to fund beneficiary at the CBN Clearing House. Such
transactions are now to be paid to beneficiary through the Automated
Teller Machine (ATM)

To receive you ATM
Card, kindly make available your full name for processing of your
ATM Card, address for delivery of your ATM Card/Draft and contact phone number
for easy communication.We have arranged your payment 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 One Thousand,
Five Hundred United States Dollars Per-Day.

This meeting was first
held on the 8th of April 2003 by the then secretary to the UN.You can view this
page for your perusal :

http://www.un.org/News/Press/docs/2003/ik344.doc.htm

Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your ATM
Payment
Card. Send your information which they will use to send the card
to you.You are advised to contact our paying center as they are our
representative in Republic of
Benin. Contact Rev David Mike Wood, immediately to receive
your compensation without any delay.

Rev. David Mike
Financial
Director
No 1/6 st Akpapa Segbeya
Email   revdavidmike@rocketmail.com
Tele
:+229 96-30-63-17.

We will request you to get back to this office as
soon as you have received and confirmed your payment.


Making the world a better place.


Regards,
MRS SANDRA   Williams,
For
United Nation.
G537
W Lehigh Ave,
Philadelphia, PA 19133

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