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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)
  • "swift card payment center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "ecowas " (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.
  • senatecommitteeonatmcard@walla.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Date: Sat, 29 Nov 2008 21:18:56 -0500
Subject: Immediate ATM DEBIT Cash Card Payment Notification.


>From the desk of:
International Settlement Dept.
Oceanic bank international plc

Immediate ATM DEBIT Cash Card Payment Notification.

Your Name And Your Contact Details Was Given To This Office In Respect Of Your Total inherited/Contract Sum Owed To You Which You Have Failed To Claim Because Of Either Non-Compliance Of Official Processes Or Because Of Your Unbelief Of The Reality Of Your Genuine Payment. We Wish To Bring To You The Solution To This Problem.

Right Now We Have Arranged Your Payment Through Our Swift Card Payment Centers, That Is The Latest Instruction From Economic Community Of West African States(ECOWAS) This Card Center Will Send To You An ATM DEBIT Card Which You Will Use To Withdraw Your Money In Any ATM Machine In Any Part Of The World, So If You Like To receive Your Fund In This Way, Please Let Us Know By Contacting Dr.David
Williams the alternative official e-mail address to senatecommitteeonatmcard@walla.com who is in charge for this development Back immediately And Also re-confirm The
Following Information As Listed Below.

1. Full Name
2. Phone And Fax Number
3. Address Were You Want Them To Send The ATM Card To

We Have Been Mandated By The ECOWAS Parliament To Issue Out $4.2 Million As Part Payment For This fiscal year 2008. 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-822) So You Have To Indicate This Code When Contacting The Card Center By Using It As Your Subject.

By the way, are you aware of the Mr.Frank Hurviz who is coming for your card. He applied to our Bank that he was directed by you to change your card's name to his own and receiving mailing address as well for his mutual benefit of
which he also requested to offset the fee of insurance and mailing of the card to his address but we have to confirm from you if this is true.

But if you approve it, write us back as well to give us the order and endorsement of the agreement deed to issue the card in his name.

Please be up and doing to forward those needed information to Dr.David Williams so that he could go ahead on time to dispatch your card to your nominated mailing address as we have in the record.

Mr David Mark
(Senate president)

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam