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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.
  • woceanicbankplcbenin@yahoo.ca

Fraud email example:

From: jimmylunard1@freenet.de
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2008 18:37:05 +0200
Subject: RECEIVE YOUR MONEY $1,200,000.00 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 ATMPAYMENT
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. GREGORY MAXWELL, DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OFFICE
EMAIL:(woceanicbankplcbenin@yahoo.ca)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

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam