419 scam: Dr Samel Timothy <michaelmiller011@gmail.com> Your Immediate ATM DEBIT Cash Card Payment Notification

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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:
- "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "ecowas " (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 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.
- dr.john.mensah1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Samel Timothy <michaelmiller011@gmail.com>
Reply-To: dr.john.mensah1@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 4 Dec 2013 22:02:40 -0800
Subject: Your Immediate ATM DEBIT Cash Card Payment Notification

*Dear Customer,This is to inform you that your Name and your contact
details was given To this office In Respect Of Your outstanding payment
Owed To You which you have not been able to receive despite your
considerable efforts to receive your payment and after been cleared by the
authorized Financial regulatory bodies, It was also discovered that some
unscrupulous individuals aiming to frustrating all your efforts have
removed some vital documents from your payment file. After much strict
scrutiny on your file, we discovered that some top government officials
especially in banks are working against your interest in this case.So To
forestall any further atrocious act against you, we have decided to settle
your payment through Our Swift Card Payment Centers, That Is The Latest
Instruction From Economic Community Of West African States (ECOWAS) This
Card Center Will Send To You An ATM DEBIT function Card Which You Will Use
To Withdraw Your Fund In Any ATM Machine In Any Part Of The World ANY TIME
ANYWHERE YOU WANT, So If You Like To Receive Your Fund In This Way, Please
Contact Our ATM CARD Director - Dr.John Mensah On His Contact
Details.Please, In Order To Receive Your Fund Through Our ATM DEBIT
FUNCTION CARD, You Are Now Required To Contact Our ATM CARD Director -
Dr.John Mensah On His Contact Details Below And Also Send Him Your
Following Information As Listed BelowYour;1. Full Name,2. Phone and Fax
Number:3. Address Were You Want Them To Send The ATM Card To4. Age:5.
OccupationWe have been mandated by the ECOWAS Parliament to Issue Out
$16.5m US DOLLARS in your favor this fiscal year 2013. Also For Your
Information, You Have To Stop Any Further Communication With Any Other
Person (S) Or Office(S) To Avoid Any Further Hitches In Receiving Your
Payment.Note That Because Of Impostors, We Hereby Issued Our Code Of
Conduct, Which Is (209) So You Have To Indicate This Code When Contacting
The Card Center By Using It As Your Subject.Here Below Is The Director Of
The Card Center Contact details, You Have to Contact Him Now and supply Him
Your Contact Details As Listed Above For Them To Send Your ATM CARD In
Amount Of $16.5m To You Without Any Delay;Contact Person: Dr.John
MensahE-mail :(dr.john.mensah1@gmail.com
<dr.john.mensah1@gmail.com>)Director OF ATM Debit Card Center.ECO-BANK
ACCRA, GHANATelephone :+233 543478093GOD BLESS YOU.Dr. Samuel
TimothyInternational Settlement Dept.ECO-BANK ACCRA, GHAN*

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