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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:
  • "dearest one," (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
  • "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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
• 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.
  • mrskate.williams_oceanic@yahoo.fr

Fraud email example:

From: "princessalisadona Gazeta.pl" <princessalisadona@gazeta.pl>
Date: Thu, 19 Jun 2008 17:28:47 +0100
Subject: Dearest one,


Dearest one,

I have been waiting for you since to come down here and pick your bank draft
but did not hear from you since that time then i went and deposited the
$800.000, usd 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 TWO Thousand, Five Hundred United
States Dollars Per-Day.


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

1) Your full name
2)Your home address
3)Current occupation
4)Sex Age
5)Your current home telephone number/mobile phone number
6)A Copy of your identification However,

kindly contact the below person who is in posi tion to release your atm
card:


Mrs . kate willams
ATM Department Oceanic Bank (Headquaters)
Federal Repubilc du Benin
Email (mrskate.williams_oceanic@yahoo.fr)

I have paid for the processing and delivery charges.the only money that your
are going to pay to them is only $310 dollars which they will use to obtain
the affidevit of onwership from the federal high court of Benin Republic.

The atm card payment center has been mandated to issue out $8,300,000.00 as
part payment for this fiscal year 2008. Also for 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.

For more details email me back as soon as you contact th above mentioned
office.

Note that because of impostors, we hereby 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. Try to contact them as soon as
possible to quicken the processing of your card before your draft gets
expired . Let me know as soon as you
receive your card. Wait for your respond.


and your Urgent Call

Thanks
princess alisa

Anti-fraud resources:

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