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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)
  • "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)
  • "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 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.
  • dr.patrick_frank8@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. SADIQ ALMAN" <info-88119@gazeta.pl>
Reply-To: dr.patrick_frank333@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 02:47:42 -0700
Subject: ATM CARD PAYMENT FUND TO BENEFICIARY UPDATE


ATM CARD PAYMENT FUND TO BENEFICIARY UPDATE
OFFICE OF THE CHIEF AUDITORaz TO THE PRESIDENT
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT DEPARTMENT

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

DIDN'T YOU RECEIVED THE MAIL I SENT TO YOU? KINDLY FORWARD YOUR
INFORMATION.FOR IMMEDIATE PROCEED AND DON'T DELAY.THIS IS TO

OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR CONTRACT /INHERITANCEFILE
AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR

PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN
RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE
OFFICIALS IN THE BANK. YOUR ENTIRE ATTEMPT TO SECURE

THE RELEASE OF THE FUND TO YOU.WE WISH TO ADVISE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL
ACT LIKE THIS HAS TO 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 SWIFT CARD PAYMENT
CENTER ASIA PACIFIC, THAT IS THE LATEST INSTRUCTION

FROM MR.PRESIDENT,MUSA YAR'ADUA (GCFR) FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA.AND EFCC
NIGERIA. AS WELL THE INTERPOL AND FBI.

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 TENTHOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY. SO IF
YOU LIKE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND IN THIS

FULL NAME.........................
FULL ADDRESS .....................
PHONE AND FAX #...................
YOUR AGE.........................
SEX...............................
CURRENT OCCUPATION................
ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION

CONTACT PERSON: PATRICK FRANK
DIRECTOR,ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT
Email(dr.patrick_frank8@hotmail.com)

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT $8,300,000.00 AS
PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL OF YEAR 2008. ALSO

FOR YOUR INFORMATION, YOU ARE ADVISED TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH
ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(S) TO AVOID ANY

HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS/CROOKS, WE HEREBY ISSUED YOU OUR CODE OF
ONDUCT,WHICH IS (ATM/2008-811) SO YOU HAVE TO

INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE ABOVE CARD CENTER DIRECTOR BY USING
IT AS CODE OF CONDUCT.

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

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