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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:

• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • oceanicbankplcdubenin@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: jimmylunard1@freenet.de
Date: Wed, 19 Mar 2008 13:38:47 +0100
Subject: CONTACT OCEANIC BANK FOR THE SHIPMENT OF YOUR ATM CARD


DEAR FRIEND.
HOW ARE YOU TODAY?, I AM WRITEN TO INFORM YOU THAT
WE
HAVE ARRANGED YOUR PAYMENT OF ($1,200,000.00) ONE
MILION TWO HUNDRED
THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY
THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER
ASIA PACIFIC,
THIS DEPARTMENT CARD CENTER WILL SEND 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 TEN
THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED
STATES DOLLARS PER DAY.
SO YOU ARE ADVICE TO CONTACT THE ATM
PAYMENT
DEPARTMENT OFFICE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS WAY,
NOW CONTACT
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OFFICE AND ALSO
SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS
UNDERLISTED BELOW.
THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE REQUIRE TO FORWARD TO THE ATM
PAYMENT OFFICE:
1 YOUR FULL NAME:
2 YOUR MAILING ADDRESS:
3 YOUR 24HOURS
CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER:
4 YOUR OFFICE TELEPHONE NUMBER:
5 YOUR
LOCATION/COUNTRY:
6 YOUR SEX/AGE:
7 ATTACH COPY OF YOUR
IDENTIFICATION:
HOWEVER, YOU ARE KINDLY TO CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON
WHO
IS IN POSITION TO RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.
REV.Dr. JOHN HAGAN,

DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
OFFICE
EMAIL:(oceanicbankplcdubenin@yahoo.fr)
THIS ATM CARD PAYMENT
CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO
ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT AND YOU HAVE TO STOP
ANY
FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR
OFFICE(s) TO AVOID
ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.
NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTERS,
WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU
OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0411) SO YOU
HAVE
TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD CENTER
BY USING IT
AS YOUR SUBJECT.
REGARDS
MR. JIMMY LUNARD

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