419 scam: "Delivery of your ATM CARDS"<dmo.deliveryunit@gmail.com> Police In US intercepted your Parcel

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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:
- "clearance certificate" (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. )
- "clearance certificate" (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. )
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "my direct line" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +2348098055195 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
- 2349023436262
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.
- trackingunits@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- fbi with the information below: mr gordon snow, email:trackingunits@aol.com email:gordonsnow.fbi@gmail.com he was detained for carrying (Aol; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- gordonsnow.fbi@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Delivery of your ATM CARDS" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dmo.deliveryunit@computermail.net>
Date: Sat, 17 Jul 2010 10:47:23 +0100
Subject: Police In US intercepted your Parcel

ATTENTION PLEASE,

In compliance with the agreement we have with the BANKS OF THE FOLLOWING COUNTRIES FOR FUND REGULATIONS CONTROL,Namely,BURKINA-FASO,NIGERIA ,GHANA,MALI,TOGO,BENIN,SENEGAL AND AFRICA to pay your outstanding Compensation after it was discovered that your fund was routed to be claimed by another unknow persons FROM USA after your file was misplaced then was about to effect the direct transfer that the bank director noticed illegal changes and then ordered for immediate stop order.

We hereby confirm receipt of approval of US$5,700,000.00 dollars Only into Two Visa ATM CARD where your inheritance fund was interswitch for your easy withdrawal is on its way to your address as our Official who will perform the delivery to you is on his way to your country by the order of Foreign Debt Recovery Committee on Overdue Contract / Next of Kin, lottery winning payments and yours is indicated in our database.

We did not want to inform you about this arrangement as we wanted to take you by surprise to avoid scammer exploiting of the situation.

The reason we programed your Payment into two VISA ATM CARDS is borne out irregularity we detected because you have lost huge funds in hands of officials paying for Transfer charges,taxes and handling charges but all to no avail.

Following this development,the management agreed that an official proceed to hand over the two ATM CARDS to you in person to be sure that you received this payment that is long overdue.

However with confirmed report reaching us now indicated that he is currently having problems with the officials of the Crimes Tracking Monitoring Dept, of FBI, who detained him when their flight transited in USA via your country.

The FBI intercepted your parcels with the diplomant and demanded for Power attorney given to him by you for being in position of another Person parcel but he cannot provide hence why he was arrested for questioning until they confirmed from you,

Contact the (DG) Auto Tracking Crimes Signal Unit of FBI with the information below:
Mr Gordon Snow,
Email:trackingunits@aol.com
Email:gordonsnow.fbi@gmail.com

He was detained for carrying a credit card that does not carry his name and also is above US$500,000:00 but we have clarified to the police your position as owner and they want to confirm from you first to enable him proceed for the delivery.

We have contacted the officials this morning and confirm to them that the said instrument of credit inform of ATM card is meant for payment of its foreign beneficiary of which you are the owner whose name was embedded on the ATM is the designate recipients.
Based on this clarification they said that you be made to contact them to confirm ownership of this claims.

The Two ATM Cards has been package alongside with our user's manuscripts booklet to guide you on how to use this Pin Code (6070) to activate the ATM CARDS for immediate use in any inter-switch ATM machine for withdrawal worldwide.

We also includes The INSURANCE Certificate and The CLEARANCE CERTIFICATE THAT WILL BACK UP LEGALLY OF YOUR ATM CARDS,

NB: If we wait within the next 48 hours without without hearing from you, we will go ahead and block the ATM CARD for security reason.

I am waiting for your feedback through my direct line:+234 80 98055195
Yours Faithfully,
Dip. Jonathan Blairs.
Debt Management Office.
Intercontinental Banking Groups.
My Direct Line:+234 80 98055195
TEL:+234-01-8708099
TEL/FAX:234-90-23436262
Email:dmo.deliveryunit@computermail.net

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