419 scam: Serge Tebu <atmcardsregistationdepartmen02@gmail.com> Your atm card is Ready

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Serge Tebu <atmcardsregistationdepartmen02@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Serge Tebu <atmcarderegistationdepartmen02@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 16:06:04 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Your atm card is Ready

Attention

I am authorized by the newly appointed Criminal Investigative Division (CID), the Secretary General and the Governing body of the U.S. Army Criminal Investigation Command to investigate the unnecessary delay in your payment file, recommended and approved in your favor. During the course of my investigation with the intelligent team selected which started on the 15th May and ended yesterday, I discovered with dismay that your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt officials of the Government regulatory organization trying to divert your funds into their private access.

This is to bring to your notice that we the Criminal Investigative Division (CID) has been instructed by the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban Ki-moon to pay 50 (Fifty) people who have been Victims of Internet scam.

The Criminal Investigative Division (CID) Benin Republic Chapter has short-listed you for $1,800,000 USD (One Million Eight hundred Thousand United State Dollars) via atm card. We found your email ID in our list of unpaid beneficiaries and that's why I'm contacting you, and to let you know that those documents of your funds is intact and very much available. Get back to me as soon as possible for the release of your compensation fund and fill below Outline for upgrading your profile.

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Age/Sex:
Occupation:

For more information about this payment, feel free to send us your e-mail enquiry or call 002 296 417 5973 at your convenient as we are to here to release your compensation payment.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Serge Tebu
Your atm card is Ready

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