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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)
• 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.
  • +22993872616 (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.
  • atmpaymentdepartment21@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "williamsbeno1 Gazeta.pl" <williamsbeno1@gazeta.pl>
Date: Sun, 25 May 2008 00:40:00 +0100
Subject: CONTACT APEX BANK BENIN FOR YOUR ATM CARD,


Dear Good day,

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your Bank Draft
of $1.2million USDollars but did not heard from you since that timethen I
went and deposited the Draft with APEX BANK in Benin Republic, because I
travelled to Japan to see my Boss and will not come back till next three3
mounts end.I have arranged with them to make your payment to you with their
new ATMMASTER CARD which you can use to withdraw your money in any ATM
MACHINE around the globe. You have to contact the APEX BANK BENIN with your
full contact informations such as follows.

1. FULL NAME
2. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
3 PHONE AND FAX NUMBER
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATIO
However, Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release
your ATM CARD.

REV FR. DAVID JOHN DIRECTOR,
ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
APEX BANK BENIN REPUBLIC
MOBILE: PHONE +229 93872616
EMAIL: ( atmpaymentdepartment21@yahoo.es )

I have paid for the processing.The only Money that your are going to payto
them is only one houndred and five $155.00 Dollars for the reactvation fee
of your ATM master card. Try to contact them as soon as possible, and send
them the fee soon to aneble the Bank send you your ATM card immedaitely you
they receive the fee. Let me know as soon as you receive
your Card.

THAKS.
Mr WILLIAMS BEN,

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