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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

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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.

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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.
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "swift card payment center" (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)
  • "await your urgent response" (they are rushing you so you don't have time to think properly)
  • "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 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.
  • +2348082016445 (Nigeria, 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.
  • atmcardpaymentcenter_uk1@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER <ubatm31@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <atmcardpaymentcenter_uk@yahoo.fr>
Date: Mon, 9 Jul 2007 18:48:05 -0400
Subject: YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION



OFFICE OF THE PRESIDENTFEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIAThe Special Adviser to Mr.President onDebt Reconcillation & Evaluation Fed. Rep. of NigeriaPhone No.+234-808-201-6445
Dear Valued Beneficiary:YOUR IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTIFICATION;
This Is To Officially Inform You That We Have Recieved AndVerified YourFund Transfer File And Discovered Reasons WhyYou Are Yet To Receive Your Payment. It Is Because OfIrregularities And ComplicationsDiscovered On Your Payment File By Our Technical Experts In Respect To Your fund Payment Requirements Which Have Just Been Duly Rectified.
Meanwhile, We Have Been Informed That You Are Still DealingWith Impostors And Non Recommended Officials In The Bank.Such Acts Must Stop ForSecurity Reasons If You Wish To receive Your Payment. Since We Have Decided To Bring A Solution To Your Problem, Right Now We Have Arranged Your Payment Through Our Atm Swift Card Payment Center Which Will Originate from Our Correspondence bank in London (HalifaxBank plc) ( Under Reserve Bank Operation Act 2005 ), . Below Is The Arrangements ;...
The Swift card Center Will Send You An Atm Card Which You Will Use To Withdrew Your Money From Any Atm Machine In Any Part Of The World, But The Maximum Is Fifthy Thousand Dollars Per Day, So If You Like To Receive YourFund This Way Please Do Let Us Know By Contacting The Card Payment Center HALIFAX BANK PLC LONDON And Also Send The FollowingInformation To Swift Card Center :

1 Phone And Fax Number,2 Address Where You Want Them To Send The Card ThroughDiplomatic CourierService (P.O box Not Accepted)3 Your Full Name And Total Amount You Are Expecting.Instead Of Losing Your Fund

Once the necessary codes are programmed a Debit Card shall be mailed to you with instructions on how to make downloads/withdrawals from anywhere in the world. We equally want to set up an Online Transfer Network which will be linked directly to the CBN Telex Database. By using the necessary Contract details and your Foreign Exchange Allocation Codes. Both the Debit Card and Online TransferNetwork shall be processed with a secure e-commercetransaction SSL Certificates that enables up to 256-bit encryption including Signing Technologies, Identity Verification Developer Solutions and Anti-Phishing Tools. All these are to ensure protection of your data during each withdrawal.
Please Indicate To The Card Center The Total Sum You Are Expecting And For Your Information You Have To Stop Any Further Communication With Any Institution Or Office Until You Receive The Atm Card.
Note: Because of Impostors, We Hereby Issue You Our Code of Conduct Tag Number Which Is(805) So You Must Have To Indicate This Code When Contacting The Card Center.
You Are Therefore adviced To Contact Our ATMPAYMENT/MANUFACTURING CENTER IN LONDON Via
atmcardpaymentcenter_uk1@yahoo.fr
We Await Your Urgent Response.
Dr.Musa BrikksAdicer To The President On Debt Reconcilliation

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