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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "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)
  • "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)
  • "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
  • +2348028260292 (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.
  • rev_peterwilliams05@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "OFFICE OF THE DEPUTY GOVERNOR CBN NIGERIA" <deputy_govcbn6@mobimail.mn>
Reply-To: rev_peterwilliams05@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 4 Jul 2008 16:57:34 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT VIA HSBC-VISA ATM DEBIT CARD.


*Central Bank of Nigeria
Tinubu Square , Victoria Island ,
Lagos - Nigeria
Office of the Deputy Governor
>From The Desk Of:
ALHAJI. MUSA USMAN

Attention: Beneficiary,

YOUR PAYMENT VIA HSBC-VISA ATM DEBIT CARD.

Account normalization of your banking details has been delayed by
International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Financial Services Authority (UK).
This has made it necessary for your contract payment to be programmed into
HSBC Visa Atm Debit Card. The total fund in question is $8,300,000.00 This
is the first part of the Payment of which the balance will subsequently be
paid into same account.

The Central Bank of Nigeria, (CBN), working in relationship with HSBC London
and also Leeds Bank in London has concluded to issue you a VISA CARD with
which you can access your contract /beneficiary amount$8,300,000.000 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 Twenty
Thousand United States Dollars($20,000.00) per day. So if you like to
receive your fund in this way, please let us know by contacting the ATM
payment department and also send the following information as listed below:

1. Full name
2. Phone and fax number
3. Address where you want them to send the ATM card to (p.o box is not
acceptable)
4. Your age and current occupation.

You are advice to contact the director of ATM CARD payment officer for more
directives,

Name: Rev. Dr. Peter William
Director, ATM payment department
Cell: +234-802-826-0292
Email: rev_peterwilliams05@hotmail.com

The ATM card payment center was mandated to issue out $8,300,000.00 as part
payment for this fiscal year 2007 to you so bear with us. 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.

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.

We anticipate your total compliance to this message immediately.

YOURS SINCERELY,
ALHAJI. MUSA USMAN
ASSISTANT DEPUTY GOVERNOR [CBN] *

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam