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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)
  • "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
  • "chief auditor" (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 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.
  • +2348038448891 (Nigeria, 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.
  • prof.mikeego_atmoffice@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ATM PAYMENT OFFICE" <atmpayment220@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 24 May 2008 23:36:24 -1200
Subject: ATM PAYMENT UPDATE


ATM PAYMENT UPDATE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT,
INTERNATIONL CREDIT SETTLEMENT

ATTENTION: Beneficiary

This is to officially informed 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 respect of
your contract/inheritance payment.

Secondly, we have been informed that you are still dealing with they none
officials in bank all your attempts to secure the release of the found to
you. We wish to advice you that such an illegal act like this 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 swif card
payment center Asia pacific, that latest introduction from the new
president, ALHAJI UMARA MUSA YARADUA FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

This 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
one thousand, five hundred united state dollars per day. So if you like to
receive your found in this way please let us know by contacting the ATM
payment department director and also send the following information as
listed below:

1. FULL NAME
2. FULL ADDRESS(P.O.BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
3. NATIONALITY
4. PHONE AND FAX#
5. YOR AGE SEX AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
6. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTICATION

HOWEVER, KINDELY FIND BELOW THE CONTACT PERSON:
PROF. MIKE EGO
INTEGRATED PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
E-MAIL: prof.mikeego_atmoffice@yahoo.com
Phone: +2348038448891

The ATM CARD payment center has been mandated to issue out $8.5Millon as
part payment for this fiscal year 2008. Also your information, you have to
stop any further communication with any other person(s) or office(s) to
avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.

Not that because of impostors, we issued you our code of conduct, which is
(ATM-811) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the card center
by using it as your subject.

MR. SADIQ ALMAN
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam