419 scam: "Barrister John willams"<info@atmcard.com> ATM CARD DEPARTMENT OFFICE

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "atm-department20111@live.com" (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.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +2347041846602 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Barrister John willams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atm-department20111@live.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Apr 2011 18:55:05 +0300
Subject: ATM CARD DEPARTMENT OFFICE

Attention:

Thank God finally we made it by having the correct email addresses, first of all I will like to introduce myself to you so that you will know who you are dealing with.

My name is Barrister John willams, I am a barrister to a Bank called United Bank for Africa (UBA) which I have been their Barrister for the past 25 years. I am a married man with 3 sons, I am 65 years old.

You have to keep this transaction confidential so that we will not have any problem when making the arrangement to bring the funds to your country. All the money you sent to United courier FBI and others of Nigeria concerning your funds was not used to execute the transfer, they are all liars.

I will like you to comply with me as your Barrister here in Nigeria so that I will use my power to remove the funds from FBI OFFICE and deposit it in the Bank where I am the Barrister so that it will be easy to make the transfer to your country

You dont need to be worried because my Personal assistance Mr. Edward French who us the Citizen of the United State Of America is ready to assist you with every thing, what you have to do now is that immediately you are receive this mail from me make sure that you contact him as soon as possible with the below Conatct Details..

I have sent a petition letter to the high court and I have received an answer from them saying that I have to take permission before I proceed to remove the funds from them. I am going to use my own money to procure all the document and certificate that will be needed in this transaction because I want you to know that the money you have been sending to the wrong people is for nothing.

Send me the below information for us to proceed.

FULL NAME: ……………………..

COUNTRY: ………………………….

HOUSE ADDRESS: ………………………….

CITY: …………………………………………..

TELEPHONE NUMBER: ……………………………

DATE OF BIRTH: ……………………………………..

OCCUPATION: ………………………………….

You should send me the above information so that I will proceed by tomorrow to prepare the entire document this might need. Note that you don’t have to reply any email that is not coming from me or from the Bank that I will direct you to, because I don’t want any stoppage on this matter.

Here is the contact information where you are going to reply to immediately......

Name: Barrister John willams

Email:atm-department20111@live.com
Contact Phone Number +2347041846602

Get back to me immediately.

God Bless You,

Best Regards

Barrister John willams.(Esq.)

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