419 scam: "Mr Alexander Gerard"<alexandergerard@worldbank.org> FROM ELECTRONIC COMPUTERIZED AND CUSTOMIZED ATM PAYMENT PREPAID CARD

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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.
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.
- alexandergerard91@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Alexander Gerard" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <alexandergerard52@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Fri, 23 Dec 2011 17:01:52 +0100
Subject: FROM ELECTRONIC COMPUTERIZED AND CUSTOMIZED ATM PAYMENT PREPAID CARD

WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMMER

DIRECTORATE OF INTERNATIONAL

PAYMENT AND TRANSFERS.

DEBT RECONCILIATION/AUDIT UNIT

UNITED NATIONS HEADQUARTERS,

NEW YORK,NY 10017,USA

OUR REF: WB/NF/UN/XX028 UNITED NATIONS.

ELECTRONIC COMPUTERIZED AND CUSTOMIZED ATM PAYMENT PREPAID CARD

Dear:Sir/Madam,

The International Community in conjunction with the G20+1 Heads of States has unanimously agreed and signed into law that all outstanding contract payments, inheritance and accrued interest payments owed to our foreign contractors and next of kin's must be paid through swift ATM CARD. In this payment procedure your funds will be loaded and configured into the ELECTRONIC COMPUTERIZED AND CUSTOMIZED ATM PAYMENT PREPAID CARD.

To this effect Inters witch has been appointed to oversee the financial payment via Card which will be programmed in your favor/name.

Kindly contact us within 24hrs for activation and loading of your funds into the Card Powered by Inter switch and should reconfirm your details as follows.

As soon as we hear from you, we shall commence Card processing and activation of Funds into the Card in your favor and then deliver the card to your Address.

Note that there are several clients to benefit from this exercise and it is based on first come merit and basis

Please our contacting today must be honored by responding promptly .

Yours Faithfully,

Mr Alexander Gerard.

For Inter switch.(ATM CARD SPECIALIST)

REPLY HERE PLEASE:alexandergerard91@yahoo.com.ph

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