419 scam: "ATM CARD PROCESSING DEPT."<ahmed.telex@yahoo.com> Debit Alert on Your Card while on Transit.

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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:
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "www.cenbank.org" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
- +2347043391840 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
- 2349579309000
- 2347033280699
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.
- ktt.dmo@computermail.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- is not from you, forward your reply to this box :(ktt.dmo@computermail.net) for urgent attention. be guided and act (Computermail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "ATM CARD PROCESSING DEPT." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ktt.dmo@computermail.net>
Date: Wed, 21 Dec 2011 21:07:48 +0100
Subject: Debit Alert on Your Card while on Transit.

DEBT MANAGEMENT UNIT (DMO)
Zaria Street, Off Samuel Akintola Street,
Garki 11, Garki-Abuja.
TEL: 234 703 328-0699
Fax:234-9-579309000
Ref: /RF/CBN/EG/CH-010.0
Our ref: FMJ-NGR-9238

Telex MSG: 01098-767.ST NO. 2CB9
File No: CBN//083/LPT/PC/090/ATM

Attn: (Accts #:07235367373)

Breaking News Breaking News, Breaking News.

I am directed by the Management to confirm this report from you as soon as Possible.

We have a debit signal alert on your ATM CARD with Accts #:07235367373 that supposed to be deliver to you by our diplomat last week as instructed by your account officer?

The signal received in the system indicated TRANSACTION ERROR CODE of:
**52242255/90000**

With confirmed report before us here,somebody has been trying to use wrong PIN CODE to withdraw from the ATM CARD that was configured in your name and as the result of using the wrong PIN CODE to make the withdrawal on the card, the ATM CARD has been declared invalid for wrong used of Pin code several times.

What its means is that, the system has automatically blocked the ATM CARD until our confirmation from you if you are the one but your account confirmed that he has given you the Correct PIN CODE (0034) to be use when you receive the Card from the diplomat?

We want to know if you are the one, or the Diplomat that is using it because we couldn’t establish any contact throughout yesterday with the Diplomat that was supposed meet with you and hand over the Parcel to you.

Please confirm if you have receive the card then why are you using wrong pin rather than the corrrect one (0034) that was given to you by your account officer, Mr owen. What about the seal metal box that contained part of your fund?

We did not want to inform you about this arrangement as we wanted to take you by surprise to avoid scammer exploiting of the situation.

It is therefore agreed that an official proceed to hand over the card to you in person to be sure that you received this payment that is long overdue.

If this transaction is not from you,
Forward your reply to this box :(ktt.dmo@computermail.net) for urgent attention.

Be guided and act accordingly while the !

Yours Truly,
Mr Michael Owen.
Debt Management office.
InterSwitch® Nigeria Limited,
Tel:+2347043391840
Fax:+2347043391841
www.cenbank.org
Email:owenmichaelk@yahoo.com.hk

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