419 scam: "OCEANIC BANK PLC"<info@atm.org> ATM-900

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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.
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.
- atmoceanicplc@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "OCEANIC BANK PLC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atmoceanicplc@hotmail.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 19:23:48 -0800
Subject: ATM-900

ATTENTION;
OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC. CONGRATULATION! The ATM CARD payment
center,OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC has been mandated to issue out an
ATM CARD value of {$900,000 USD},to you, which you can use to withdraw your money
in any ATM machine in any part of the world. You are advised to keep this
information confidentially away from the public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT)
pending of the delivery of your ATM CARD to you. Note that because of
impostors,we hereby issued you our CODE OF CONDUCT,which is (ATM-900) so you
have to indicate this when contact us by using it as your subject.complete
the form below and send it to (atmoceanicplc@mail.com) for the processing of your
document and transfer of your ATM MASTER CARD to your home address you are to
send your Details. CODE OF CONDUCT:_____________ NAME IN
FULL:_____________ DATE
OF BIRTH:_____________ AGE:_____________
SEX:_____________ MARITAL STATUS:_____________ HOME ADDRESS:_____________
NATIONALITY:_____________
COUNTRY:_____________ OCCUPATION:_____________ POSITION:_____________ OFFICE
ADDRESS:_____________ TEL:_____________
MOBILE:_____________ DECLARATION....I,Mr/Mrs:_____________ do hereby declare
that the information given above,is correct to the best of my knowledge and believe the same to be true.

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