419 scam: "MR. JAMES" <carimaleda@alice.it> HI

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "atm payment department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "activation fee" (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. )
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "atmcarddeliver1company@list.ru" (this email address looks like addresses used in "ATM SWIFT card" scams)
- "atmcarddeliver1company@list.ru" (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.
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.
- +22998536899 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- atmcarddeliver1company@list.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. JAMES" <carimaleda@alice.it>
Reply-To: atmcarddeliver1company@list.ru
Date: Mon, 9 Nov 2015 10:49:28 +0100 (CET)
Subject: HI

Greetings Dear Friend,

I want to inform you about my success in transferring your money into an ATM
master card to curtail the risk of carrying huge amount of money around. The
total amount has been coded into ATM master card; please contact the Bank ATM
payment center for more instruction on how to make use of the ATM card to
withdraw your money in any ATM machine around the globe. I will be traveling to
CHINA for business project with my own share of the total money.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring the fund despite that it failed us some how. Now you can
contact the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT of ECOBANK BANK BENIN on this email
(atmcarddeliver1company@list.ru) they will send you the sum of Two Million Five
Hundred United State Dollars ($2.5M,) which is your own share for all the
sufferings at that time.

That is compensation for all your past efforts I really appreciated your
consistency at that time. This card center will send you an ATM card which you
will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine around the world, the
maximum withdrawal is Ten Thousand United State Dollars per day. Feel free to
get in touch with the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and give them direction on where
to send the ATM card to you, the only thing they will request from you is the
activation fee of $250.125, so contact them right away, I appreciated your
efforts at that time very much.

Do not hesitate to contact the ECOBANK Benin ATM payment department center and
also re-confirm the following information to them as listed below:

1. Full Name........................
2. Current Address..................
3. Phone Number.....................
4. A Copy of your identity..........
5. Your Nationality.................
6. Your Copy of your ID card:

Forward the above information to MR. JOHN MICHAEL, the head department officer
of ATM payment center ECOBANK Bank Benin Republic. Phone: +229-98 53 68 99,
Email :(atmcarddeliver1company@list.ru)

Please do let me know immediately you receive the ATM card so that we can share
the joy together after all the sufferings at that time. I will be very busy in
CHINA for the project am going to have there with my partner. So contact the
ATM center with out delay, they will give you more details of the ATM service.

Finally, be informed that I left instructions to the DEPARTMENT to send the ATM
MASTER CARD to you, so feel free to get in touch with the DEPARTMENT and they
will send the CARD to you with out any delay.

Best Regards,

MR. JAMES

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