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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:
  • "atm payment department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • ",500,000" (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)
  • "00,000.00" (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)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
• 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.
  • info_cbn_atm2007@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ALHAJI MUSA BELLO atm <atmprg@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 Dec 2007 18:21:42 +0100
Subject: CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA24/12/2007









OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT,
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
24th DECEMBER 2007.

ATTENTION:

THIS
IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT/
INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR
PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU
IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE
HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE OFFICIALS
IN THE BANK,AND ALL YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND
PROVED ABORTIVE.

WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT
LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP 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 SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER HERE
IN CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION FROM MR.
PRESIDENT UMARU MUSA YA'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA,AND
ECONOMIC & FINANCIAL CRIMES COMMISSION(EFCC) NIGERIA.

THIS
OFFICE WILL SEND TO YOU AN ATM CARD WHICH YOU WILL USE TO WITHDRAW YOUR
MONEY IN ANY ATM MACHINE IN ANY PART OF THE WORLD, BUT THE MAXIMUM IS
TWO THOUSAND DOLLARS PER DAY, SO PROVIDE THE BELOW INFORMATION TO THIS
OFFICE.

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
3. ADDRESS WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE ATM CARD.
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION

KINDLY CONTACT THIS OFFICE,

THE ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT(CBN).
ACCOUNT OFFICER: MR. MICHEAL DICKSON
(info_cbn_atm2007@yahoo.com)

THIS
OFFICE HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT ATM CARD VALUED $8,500,000.00 AS
INITIAL PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2007. NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF
IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-Y2K7)
SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THIS OFFICE BY USING
IT AS YOUR SUBJECT.

KIND REGARDS,

ALHAJI MUSA BELLO
HEAD AUDITOR
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT
CBN.

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