419 scam: "MRS.KELLY WILLIAMS"<Mrs.Kwillims@voila.fr> YOUR ATM FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE.

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"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

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.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
This email uses a separate reply address that is different from the sender address. Spammers use this to get replies even when the original spam sending accounts have been shut down. Also, sometimes the sender addresses are legitimate looking but fake and only the reply address is actually an email account controlled by the scammers.
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)
- "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "activation fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "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.
- +22998284264 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- atm02@o2.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS.KELLY WILLIAMS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <atm02@o2.pl>
Date: Thu, 6 Aug 2009 19:26:28 +0200
Subject: YOUR ATM FINAL PAYMENT NOTICE.

Greetings Dear Beloved Friend,

How are you today? I hope you have not forgotten me, this is Mrs. Kelly Williams. I am the woman with breast cancer, who contacted you for assistance in receiving my late husband's funds into your bank account, which you accepted to assist me initially but later you stopped on the way.I want to inform you about my success in transferring your money into an ATM master card to curtail the risk of carrying huge amount of money around. The total amount has been coded into ATM master card; please contact the Bank ATM payment center for more instruction on how to make use of the ATM card to withdraw your money in any ATM machine around the globe. I will be traveling to JAPAN for business project with my own share of the total money.

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring the fund despite that it failed us some how. Now you can contact the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT of ECOBANK BANK BENIN on this email (atm02@o2.pl) they will send you the sum of Two Million Five Hundred United State Dollars ($2.500, 000.00) which is your own share for all the sufferings at that time.

That is compensation for all your past efforts I really appreciated your consistency at that time. This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine around the world, the maximum withdrawal is Ten Thousand United State Dollars per day. Feel free to get in touch with the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and give them direction on where to send the ATM card to you, the only money they will request from you is the activation fee of $99.99, so contact them right away.

Do not hesitate to contact the ECOBANK Benin ATM payment department center with the information I gave to you and also re-confirm the following information to them as listed below:

1. Full Name........................
2. Current Address..................
3. Phone Number.....................
4. Cell phone.......................
5. Your Nationality.................

Forward the above information to Mr.Gary Ferguson, the head department officer of ATM payment center ECOBANK Bank Benin Republic.

Contact Person:Mr.Gary Ferguson
Phone: +229-98284264
Email :atm02@o2.pl

Please do let me know immediately you receive the ATM card so that we can share the joy together after all the sufferings at that time. I will be very busy in JAPAN for the project am going to have there with my partner. So contact the ATM center immediately, they will give you more details of the ATM service.

Finally, be informed that I left instructions to the DEPARTMENT to send the ATM MASTER CARD to you, so feel free to get in touch with the DEPARTMENT and they will send the CARD to you with out any delay after you confirm the activation fee of $99.99 to them.

I survived the operation of the cancer.

Best Regards,
Mrs Kelly Wiiliams

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