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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:
  • "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "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.
  

Fraud email example:

From: "Farto Ubbi" <fartoubbi13@gala.net>
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 13:42:52 +0200
Subject: CONTACT ATM CENTER FOR YOUR ATM CARD


Greetings to you & your Family.

I have been waiting for you since to contact me for your Confirmable bank
Draft of $1,250,000.00 United States Dollars But I did not hear from you
since that time,then i went and deposited the $1,250,000.00 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 to you 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) Your full name
2)Your home address were you them to send the atm card
3)Current occupation
4)Age
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.Sam Williams
Directors ATM CARD CENTER BANK OF AFRICA
Telephone.......(+229) 9759-1439
Email: (boa_atmcard@ymail.com)

The only money that your are going to pay to them is only $115.00 dollars
which they will use to Activat atm card and to obtain the affidevit of
onwership from the federal high court of Benin Republic.

this is the code of conduct which is(ATM-3433) so you have to indicate this
code when contacting the ATM DEPT CENTER IN BANK OF AFRICA 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 Farto Ubbi.

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