419 scam: "ATM CARD WORTH $4.3MILLION FOR YOU" <contact1944worldbankfund@gmail.com> ATM CARD WORTH $4.3MILLION FOR YOU

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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:
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- uba_foryou@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "ATM CARD WORTH $4.3MILLION FOR YOU" <contact1944worldbankfund@gmail.com>
Reply-To: UBA_FORYOU@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, 28 Sep 2021 14:28:48 +0100
Subject: ATM CARD WORTH $4.3MILLION FOR YOU

IRREVOCABLE RELEASE OF YOUR PAYMENT

We have been authorized by the newly appointed UN Secretary General and the
governing body of the UNITED NATIONS monetary unit to investigate the
unnecessary delay of your inheritance fund / contract, recommended and
approved in your favor.

During the course of our investigation, we discovered to our dismay that
your payment has been unnecessarily delayed by corrupt Bank officials who
are trying to divert your money to their private accounts, to avoid this,
the safety of your funds was arranged in the form of your Number. of
Personal Identification (PIN) ATM CARD, this will allow you to have direct
Control over this fund, we have also agreed with the Presidency that we
will handle this payment ourselves to avoid the desperate situation created
by the Bank Officials.

We obtained an irrevocable payment guarantee on your Payment from the
Republic of Benin, we are pleased to inform you that, based on our
recommendations / instructions; Your Complete Inheritance fund has been
credited to you through an ATM card. Therefore, we recommend that you
submit your contact details so that we can inform you of the paying bank in
the United States to collect your original payment slip with your ATM card.
They will issue you an ATM card that you can use to withdraw money at any
ATM anywhere in the world, but the maximum is $ 10,000 per day. So if you
want to receive your funds through this medium, please let us know by
contacting the card.
payment center and also send the following information as below to them as
above.

1.Full names
2.Home address
3.Phone number
4.Marital status
5.Country
6.Age
7.Gender
8.Occupation.
9.Nationality.

NOTE: YOU ARE ADVISED TO SUPPLY US WITH YOUR CORRECT CONTACT DETAILS. AND
ALSO BE INFORMED THAT THE AMOUNT TO BE
THE PAYMENT IS NOW $ 4.3 MILLION THE REST WILL BE PAID TO YOU AT A LATER
DATE.

We await your urgent response to this email to allow us to monitor this
payment effectively.

Contact us through this email address UBA_FORYOU@HOTMAIL.COM

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