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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:
  • "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)
  • "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
• 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.
  • +22993890522 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "EMMA EDWIN" <emmaedwin018@ig.com.br>
Date: Tue, 26 Aug 2008 13:27:49 +0100
Subject: YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD


ATT: ,

HOW ARE YOU TODAY?, I AM WRITEN TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR FUND WILL BE PAID
TO YOU VIA ATM CARD, THE ATM CARD PAYMENT DEPARTMENT HAVE ARRANGED YOUR
$1.5M UNITED STATE DOLLARS THROUGH SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTER ASIA PACIFIC,
THIS DEPARTMENT 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 ONE THOUSAND, FIVE HUNDRED UNITED STATES DOLLARS PER DAY.

SO YOU ARE ADVICE BY ME TO CONTACT THE ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OFFICE TO
RECEIVE YOUR FUND VIA ATM CARD, NOW CONTACT ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OFFICE
AND ALSO SEND THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION AS UNDERLISTED BELOW.

THIS IS WHAT YOU ARE REQUIRE TO FORWARD TO THE ATM PAYMENY OFFICE CENTRE:

1 YOUR FULL NAME:
2 YOUR MAILING ADDRESS:
3 YOUR 24HOURS CONTACT TELEPHONE NUMBER:
4 YOUR OFFICE TELEPHONE NUMBER:
5 YOUR LOCATION/COUNTRY:
6 YOUR SEX/AGE:
7 ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTITY:

HOWEVER, YOU ARE KINDLY TO CONTACT THE BELOW PERSON WHO IS IN POSSITION TO
RELEASE YOUR ATM PAYMENT CARD.

CONTACT DIRECTOR: MR. OBI GINTERS
DIRECTOR, ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OFFICE:
CONTACT EMAIL: atm_card_register_center02@live.com

CONTACT TEL: 00229-9389-0522
CONTACT FAX: 00229-9490-2540


THIS ATM CARD PAYMENT CENTER HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT YOUR PAYMENT
AND YOU HAVE TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMINUCATION WITH ANY OTHER PERSON(S) OR
OFFICE(s) TO AVOID ANY HITCHES IN RECEIVING YOUR PAYMENT.

NOTE: THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, I HEREBY ISSUED YOU THE ATM CODE OF
CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-0411) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE AND KEEP IT
SECRETLY IN YOUR SELF WHEN CONTACTING THE ATM CARD CENTER BY USING IT AS
YOUR SUBJECT OKAY.

THANKS,
MR.EMMA EDWIN.

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• What can you do when you receive 419 spam