419 scam: gugas@elo.com.br Are You Ready to Receive Your ATM Credit Card Today?.

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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:

The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "atm payment department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "atmdepartment2@lizhenhua.net" (this email address looks like addresses used in "ATM SWIFT card" scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +22964144121 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: gugas@elo.com.br
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2015 09:00:55 -0300 (GMT-03:00)
Subject: Are You Ready to Receive Your ATM Credit Card Today?.

ATM Payment Department Center UBA Bank.
Irrevocable payment order via ATM Card
Are you ready to receive your ATM credit card today?.

We are here to notify you that we receive Instruction from (F.M.F) office, Federal Ministry Of Finance Benin Republic to send your payment through ATM card directly in cash credited to ATM credit card to the file number (KTU/9023118308/03), at the owner of this email address. {$45,300.000.00} FORTY FIVE MILLION THREE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS will be completely transferred to you. But you will be receiving $25,000 per day through your ATM card, as your contract pay off, and we are looking forward to hear from you to enable us registered your ATM card to your choice of delivery company okay.

Meanwhile, the INTERNATIONAL MONITORING FUND (I.M.F) contacted us for the released of your ATM credit card a couple of hours ago due to your allocated security code,
The said that they choose to send it to you through delivery company instead of money gram or western union stores due to huge amount involved, because there's many fakes, so we donâ€™t trust any of them. We are unable to complete a transfer directed at an owner of this email address, so we require some more information in order to complete this delivery.

FULL NAME:_______________
MARITAL STATUS:___________
BIRTH DATE:_______________
MOBILE PHONE:_____________
OCCUPATION:_______________
CONTACT ADDRESS:_________
CITY:____________________
STATE/PROVINCE:___________
COUNTRY:___________________
ZIP/POSTAL CODE:___________

so please contact ATM Payment Department for your ATM credit card: Contact person :( Rev Dr Benjamin Edward) Tell +229-64-14-41-21. Email ( atmdepartment2@lizhenhua.net ).THE MANAGEMENT OF ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT CENTER, BENIN HEAD OFFICE DISPATCHED THIS TODAY.

Yours Faithfully.
Secretary Gugas Maxwell
National Co-coordinator Foreign Payment.

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