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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:
  • "contact the atm card center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
  • "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal - arrests of online criminals are rare)
  • "barr." (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
  • "charles c. soludo" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
  • "central bank of nigeria" (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.
  
• Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• MoneyGram money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. Along with Western Union it is a preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
• 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.
  • fedexshipments01@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ROBERT S. MUELLER, III" <correo@telefonica.net>
Reply-To: <fedexshipments01@rediffmail.com>
Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 19:00:32 -0600
Subject: FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION


DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION


Attn: Beneficiary,

This is to Officially inform you that it has come to our notice and we have
thoroughly Investigated with the help of our Intelligence Monitoring Network
System that you are having an illegal Transaction with Impostors claiming to
be Prof. Charles C. Soludo of the Central
Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Mr Frank Nweke, Dr. Philip Mogan, none
officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Barr. Derrick Smith, kelvin Young
of HSBC, Ben of FedEx,Ibrahim Sule,Larry Christopher, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen,
Dr. Philip Mogan, Puppy Scammers
are impostors claiming to be the Federal Bureau Of Investigation. During our
Investigation, we noticed that the reason why you have not received your
payment is because you have not fulfilled your Financial Obligation given to
you in respect of your Contract/Inheritance Payment.

Therefore, we have contacted the Federal Ministry Of Finance on your behalf
and they have brought a solution to your problem by cordinating your payment
in total SD$11,000.000.00 in an ATM CARD which you can use to withdraw money
from any ATM MACHINE CENTER anywhere in the world with a maximum
of $4000 to $5000 United States Dollars daily. You now have the lawful right
to claim your fund in an ATM CARD.

Since the Federal Bureau of Investigation is involved in this transaction,
you have to be rest assured for this is 100% risk free it is our duty to
protect the American Citizens. All I want you to do is to contact the ATM
CARD
CENTER via email for their requirements to proceed and procure your Approval
Slip on your behalf which will cost you $260.00 only and note that your
Approval Slip which contains details of the agent who will process your
transaction.

CONTACT INFORMATION
NAME: MR. ADE DAVIS
EMAIL: fedexshipments01@rediffmail.com

Do contact MR. ADE DAVIS of the ATM CARD CENTRE with your details:

FULL NAME:
HOME ADDRESS:
TELL:
CELL:
CURRENT OCCUPATION:
BANK NAME:
AGE:

So your files would be updated after which he will send the payment
information which you'll use in making payment of $260.00 via Western Union
Money Transfer or Money Gram Transfer for
the procurement of your Approval Slip after which the delivery of your ATM
CARD will be effected to your designated
home address without any further delay.We order you get back to this office
after you have contacted the ATM SWIFT CARD
CENTER and we do await your response so we can move on with our
Investigation
and make sure your ATM SWIFT CARD gets to you.

Thanks and hope to read from you soon.

ROBERT S. MUELLER, III
DIRECTOR, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

Note: Do disregard any email you get from any impostors or offices claiming
to
be in possession of your ATM CARD, you are hereby advice only to be in
contact
with MR. ADE DAVIS of the ATM CARD CENTRE who is the rightful person to
deal with in regards to your ATM CARD PAYMENT and forward any emails you
get
from impostors to this office so we could
act upon and commence investigation.

Anti-fraud resources:

• What can you do when you receive 419 spam