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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:
  • "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
  • "atm card department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
• 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.
  • +2347025621420

Fraud email example:

From: cecilia ibru <ibru_34@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2008 17:05:40 +0000
Subject: Notification of payment by ATM Master Credit Card



FROM THE DESK OF MRS CECILIA IBRUDIRECTOR,INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCEFOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,LAGOS-NIGERIA.

Notification of payment by ATM Master Credit Card

Attn: Beneficiary,

We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you,your over due contract/inheritance fund which you could not complete theprocess of the released of your transfer pin code through the DigitalizedPayment System. This arrangement was intiated/constituted by the World Bank andParis Club, due to fraudulent activities going on within the African Region.

The World Bank and Paris Club introduced this payment arrangement as to enableour contractors/inheritance beneficiary to receive their fund without anyinterference. the ATM Master Express Credit Card was contracted and powered byGOLD CARD WORLD WIDE.

Reconfirm the following information to us for Security reason.

1)YOUR FULL NAME2)YOUR RECEIVING ADDRESS.3)YOUR TELEPHONE NUMBER4)YOUR PROFESSION

Upon the receipt of this mail we are going to load your fund into the MasterExpress Credit Card and send a scan copy of the card to you before we willproceed to despatch the card directly to your nominated home addresss so youabsolutely have nothing to worry about all we need is your Prompt Response andCo-operation by Gods Grace we will have a successfull Transaction.

Contact the ATM CARD department

MR ADAM BENSONEmail To Contact (williamsmith08@post.ro )TEL: +234-702-562-1420

CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.
BEST REGARDS,

MRS CECILIA IBRUDIRECTOR, INTERNATIONAL REMITTANCEFOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT,OCEANIC BANK OF NIGERIA PLC,LAGOS-NIGERIA.

CCC: ALL FOREIGN INHERITTANCE FUNDSCCC: CENTRAL BANK GOVERNORCCC: BOARD OF DIRECTORS [FPD]CCC: ACCOUNTANT GENERAL OF NIGERIA

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