419 scam: Ben Alexander <anthonywm007@gmail.com> ATTENTION:ATM CARD BENEFICIARY

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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:
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
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.
- ocbkoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Ben Alexander <anthonywm007@gmail.com>
Reply-To: ocbkoffice@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Nov 2011 21:31:38 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: ATTENTION:ATM CARD BENEFICIARY

ATTENTION:ATM CARD BENEFICIARY
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contract/inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract /inheritance payment since 2009.

Secondly, you are hereby adviced to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately.
After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your payment of $3.5Musd through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America and Asia Pacific, which is the instruction given by our president, Chief DR.YAYI BONI.

This card centre will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is ($10,000) Ten Thousand Us Dollars per day.

So, if you like to receive your fund this way,you are advice to get back to us with the following information below to enable us get back to you quickly with full details on how to receive your Atm Card.
(1) Your Full Name..............
(2) Your Home Address.............
(3) Phone And Fax Number............
(4)Your Identity...........
(5)Your age/Marital Status...
(6)Your Occupation.........

Contact us via this information below
Contact Person:REV.PETER CHUKWU
Email:(ocbkoffice@gmail.com)
Tel:+22998914872
Fax:+22967359342

We shall be expecting to receive your information you have stop any further communication with anybody or office. On this regards, do not hesitate to contact me with the above mentioned information.

Note:Because of impostors, we hereby issue you with our code of conduct,which is (077745) so you have to indicate this code when contacting this CARD CENTRE
Thanks for your co-operation.

Your's In Service
Ben Alexander
Financial Secretary
Oceanic Bank

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