419 scam: "Caja Banco Madrid"<info@cajabaco.com> RE: TRANSFER OF YOUR US$1,000,000.00 INTEREST VIA ATM 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:

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:
- "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Caja Banco Madrid" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cajaabanco@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Nov 2015 23:13:21 +0100
Subject: RE: TRANSFER OF YOUR US$1,000,000.00 INTEREST VIA ATM CARD

Attn: Beneficiary,

RE: SWIFT TRANSFER OF US$1,000,000.00 INTEREST VIA ATM CARD.

I am Mr Eloy Alberto, the Director of Operations of Caja Bank Madrid Spain

Sometime ago, in our bank your inheritance money was brought to our bank from AFRICAN FOREIGN PAYMENT PANEL AND AFTER SOME PERIOD, THIS MONEY WAS TAKEN BACK to their treasury. For the period of time this money was in our bank, it generated an interest of US$1,000,000.00 which we considered your long suffering by not receiving your contract payment and decide to pay you this interest fund via ATM Card.

Right now, we have arranged your payment through our ATM Swift Card Payment and below is the procedure. The swift card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money from any ATM machine in any part of the world, but the maximum is US$10,000.00 (Ten Thousand US Dollars only) per day, so if you like to receive your fund this way please do let us know by contacting us once you receive this mail with the below stated information's.

1) Full Given Name
2) Addresses where you want them to send the card.
3) Phone and Fax numbers
4) Your Company and Position

As a matter of fact we don't have enough time to waste since we have wasted time in contacting our respective customers, so try and comply with the entire necessary requirement for remittance.

Expecting your immediately response.

Regards,

Eloy Alberto
Director of Operations
Caja Bank Madrid Spain

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