419 scam: "Oceanice Bank Plc." <billuncle@yahoo.com> Your Confirmation For Delivery Needed!

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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.
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.
- dept.atmclaim01@yahoo.com.hk (Yahoo, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Oceanice Bank Plc." <billuncle@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: dept.atmclaims004@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 2011 10:11:46 -0300 (BRT)
Subject: Your Confirmation For Delivery Needed!

The ATM CARD payment center,has been mandated to issue out an ATM CARD value of
{£515,810.00GBP},to you, which you can use to withdraw your money in any ATM
machine in any part of the world.

NB: You are advised to keep this information confidentially away from the
public to avoid fraudulent claim, pending the delivery of your ATM CARD to
you. Note that because of impostors,we hereby issued you our CODE OF
CONDUCT,which is (ATM-900) so you have to indicate this when contacting us by
using it as your subject.
Complete the form below and send it to our processing officer, Mr.Samuel Hackman
(dept.atmclaim01@yahoo.com.hk) for the processing of your document and transfer
of your ATM CARD to you.

(SEE BELOW)CODE OF CONDUCT ATM-900

NAME IN FULL.....................
DATE OF BIRTH....................
AGE..............................
STATUS...........................
ADDRESS..........................
NATIONALITY......................
COUNTRY..........................
OCCUPATION.......................
OFFICE ADDRESS...................
MOBILE...........................

=====DECLARATION=====

I do hereby declare that the information given above,is
correct to the best of my knowledge and also to be true.
Sincerely
Mr. Samuel Hackman.
DIRECTOR OF ATM PAYMENT.

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