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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.

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

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Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

• The following fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
  • "first national bank" (not involved with lotteries)
• The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
  • "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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.
  • haroldnobel01@mailbox.co.za
  • haroldnoble1@yahoo.co.jp

Fraud email example:

From: "Andrew Donald" <anddonald07@gala.net>
Date: Thu, 17 Jul 2008 09:48:40 +0200
Subject: ACT ON THIS ADVISE


ATM CARD PAYMENT
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT
OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR OF OPERATIONS
FIRST NATIONAL BANK (FNB).

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY:

THIS IS TO OFFICIALY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR PAYMENT FILE AND
FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE
NOT FUFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR PAYMENT.
SECONDLY WE HAVE BEEN INFORMED THAT YOU ARE STILL DEALING WITH THE NONE
OFFICIALS IN THE BANK ON YOUR ATTEMPT TO SECURE THE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND.

WE WISH TO ADVIVE YOU THAT SUCH AN ILLEGAL ACT LIKE THIS HAVE TO STOP IF YOU
WISHES 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 PA YM CENTER, BOND F INANCIAL SERVICE GROUP,. 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 WITHDRAWAL IS SEVEN
THOUSAND FIVE DOLLARS PER DAY, SO IF YOU LIKE TO RECIEVE YOUR FUND THROUGH
THIS METHOD,
PLEASE LET US KNOW BY CONTACTING THE CARD PAYMENT CENTER AND ALSO SEND THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

1. YOUR FULL NAME
2. PHONE NUMBER,
3. ADDRESS WERE YOU WANT THEM TO SEND THE ATM CARD
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION
5. COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY ATTACHED

CONTACT PERSON FOR THE COLLECTION OF YOUR ATM CARD.:
MR. HAROLD NOBEL
BOND FINANCIAL SERVICE GROUP
EMAIL: haroldnobel01@mailbox.co.za OR haroldnoble1@yahoo.co.jp

THE ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT TWO MILLION FIVE
HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS AS PART PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR
2008. ALSO FOR YOUR INFORMATION YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION
WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR OFFICE(s).THIS IS TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN
FINALIZING YOUR PAYMENT. AS SOON AS YOU REPLY TO THIS IMPORTANT MESSAGE,
FURTHER DIRECTIONS WILL BE GIVEN IMMEDIATELY.

NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT,
WHICH IS (811) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN CONTACTING THE CARD
CENTER.

ANDREW DUKE DONALD
CHIEF AUDITOR.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam