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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:
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "federal high court" (This court is often mentioned in '419' scams to give the victim a reason why he/she should send thousands of dollars to the scammers. A 'Federal High Court' exists in Germany and Nigeria, but not in other countries, such as the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Senegal, Benin, South Africa or other countries where fake lawyers in scams often claim to be based. )
• 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.
  • +2293600637 (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.
  • ubbibenin@ubbi.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "smkoffi Gazeta.pl" <smkoffi@gazeta.pl>
Date: Tue, 3 Jun 2008 16:35:42 +0200
Subject: GOOD DAY, YOUR ATM-CARD PAYMENT SUCCESSFUL!!!


*Greetings to you & your Family.

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable bank
Draft of $1,200,000.00 United States Dollars But I did not hear from you
since that time,then i went and deposited the $1,200,000.00 United States
Dollars, draft/cheque in the bank.

We have arranged your payment through swift card payment center Asia
pacific, 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 States Dollars Per-Day.

Kindly contact the below person who is in possition to release your ATM
Payment Card and Send your information which they will use to send the card
to you.

1)Age
2)Your full name
3)Current occupation
4)Your home address were you them to send the atmcard
5)Your current home telephone number/mobile phone number

However, kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your
atm card.

Name: Dr.Ossy Boska
Directors Atm Payment Union Bank Plc (U B P)
Telephone-------(+229)- 93-14-42-35.
Fax--------------------+229-3600637.
Email:(**ubbibenin@ubbi.com* <ubbibenin@ubbi.com>*)*

*I have paid for the processing and delivery charges.the only money that
your are going to pay to them is only $98 dollars which they will use to
obtain the affidevit of onwership from the federal high court of Benin
Republic.

this is the code of conduct which is(ATM-1945) so you have to indicate this
code when contacting the ATM DEPT CENTER IN OCEANIC BANK by using it as your
subject.Try to contact them as soon as possible to quicken the processing of
your card before your draft gets expired. You should also Let me know as
soon as you receive it from the bank ok.*

*Yours Faithful,
Mr.SMITH KOFFI JAMES.*

*May the unfailing grace and power of the most God keep and guide you.
*

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam