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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)
• 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.
  • 2347028101288
• 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.
  • okoropaul_atm@sify.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: SADIQ ALMAN <sadiq_alman_n@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: <okoro_paul_atm811@yahoo.no>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:36:23 +0100
Subject: YOUR SWIFT CREDIT CARD PAYMENT IS READY



ATTENTION : BENEFICIARY
THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE FILE AND DISCOVERED REASONS WHY YOU ARE YET TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT. IT IS BECAUSE OF IRREGULARITIES AND COMPLICATIONS DISCOVERED ON YOUR PAYMENT FILE BY OUR TECHNICAL EXPERTS IN RESPECT TO YOUR CONTRACT / INHERITANCE PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS WHICH HAVE JUST BEEN DULY RATIFIED. MEANWHILE, WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH IMPOSTORS AND NON RECOMMENDED OFFICIALS IN THE BANK. SUCH ACTS MUST STOP FOR SECURITY REASONS IF YOU WISH TO RECEIVE YOUR PAYMENT.

SINCE WE HAVE DECIDED TO BRING A SOLUTION TO YOUR PROBLEMS,RIGHT NOW WE HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT THROUGH OUR ATM SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ( UNDER RESERVE BANK OPERATION ACT 2005 ), THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION BY OUR PRESIDENT ALAHAJI UMAR YAR'ADUA MUSA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.
BELOW IS THE ARRANGEMENTS :THE SWIFT CARD CENTRE 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 FIVE THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND THIS WAY PLEASE DO LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT OFFICER ON EMAIL: okoropaul_atm@sify.com
THIS ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT US $8.3 MILLION AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2007.

ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR ATM PAYMENT.

EMAIL ME BACK AS SOON AS YOU RECEIVE THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE FOR FURTHER DIRECTION AND ALSO UPDATE ME ON ANY DEVELOPMENT FROM THE ABOVE MENTIONED OFFICE.ALSO RECONFIRM THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION TO SWIFT CARD OFFICER:1 YOUR FULL NAME2 PHONE AND FAX NUMBER3 YOUR AGE4 ADDRESS WHERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE CARD FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY UNAUTHORIZED OFFICER UNTIL YOU RECEIVE THE ATM CARD. NOTE: BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT NUMBER WHICH IS (ATM-811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE ATM CARD PAYMENT OFFICER. BEST REGARDS
SADIQ ALMAN
FOREIGN AND INTERNATIONAL OPERATION DEPARTMENT
OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA P L C.

DIRECT NO: 234-702-810-1288












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