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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:
  • "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
  • "atm payment department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "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 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.
  • +22993662912 (Benin, probably a 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.
  • officepayment49@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: johnmark4@freenet.de
Date: Mon, 31 Mar 2008 11:25:32 +0200
Subject: CONTACT ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OFFICE.



External Review Committee on Debt Statistics
And fund audit Balance
Debt
External Review Committee on Debt Statistics
And fund audit
Balance Debt
IMF-AFRICAN DEVELOPMENT Collaboration
Attention
Beneficiary
We wish to inform you that your overdue payment has be
scheduled to pay
to you through certified ATM Card which you will be
only required to
proceed to any ATM Cash Point to withdraw $20,000 per
day till your
complete payment fund are completed.
This development
was as result of new payment policy revolution of 2008
carry out by the
World Financial Body in collaboration with AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT Audit
unit and United Nations Policy maker unit under AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT
bank new year payment constitution.
This effort is to help the
international monetary fund restrict and
monitor every international
transaction to avoid money laundering
activities and will help us to
fight against fraudulent activities from scam
experts.
Furthermore you
are advice to reconfirm you billing address include
your full name and
direct contact telephone number to the AFRICAN
DEVELOPMENT for the
issuance certified ATM Credit Card, the contact
information is as
follows:
CONTACT DIRECTOR: MR. DAVID DON GINTERS
DIRECTOR ATM PAYMENT
DEPARTMENT OFFICE:
CONTACT EMAIL: officepayment49@yahoo.fr
CONTACT
TEL: 00229- 93662912
CONTACT FAX: 00229- 2366412
NB note that you can
only withdraw just $20,000.00 per day till your
fund is completed.

necessary information required from you so that they commence on

proceeding.
Yours sincerely,
MR JOHN BASIL

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