419 scam: "Mr. James Mark" <James@mail.com> Official =?iso-8859-1?Q?Draws=C2=AE?=

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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:

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.
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.
- +2347059489790 (Nigeria, 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.
- atmworkout2099099@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. James Mark" <James@mail.com>
Reply-To: atmworkout2099099@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Nov 2011 04:32:29 +0300 (EAT)
Subject: Official =?iso-8859-1?Q?Draws=C2=AE?=

OCEANIC DRAW 2011

The ATM CARD payment center, OCEANIC BANK INTERNATIONAL PLC has been
mandated to issue out an ATM CARD value of {$ 2.8 MILLION USD Only },to you.
which you can use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine in any part of
the world. SIR, you are advised to keep this information confidentially
away from the
public to avoid fraudulent claim (IMPORTANT) pending of the delivery of your
ATM CARD to you. Note that because of impostors, we hereby issued you our
CODE OF
CONDUCT, which is (ATM-900) so PLEASE indicate this when contact us
by using it as your subject. complete the form below and send it to
EMAIL:(atmworkout2099099@hotmail.com)
Telephone :(+2347059489790)
(DIRECT-LINE)
Mr.James Mark
(SEE BELOW)
CODE OF CONDUCT.....
NAME IN FULL....
DATE OF BIRTH....
AGE....SEX...
MARITIAL STATUS....
HOME ADDRESS....
NATIONALITY......
COUNTRY....
OCCUPATION..
POSITION.....
OFFICE ADDRESS....
TEL...MOBILE....
DECLARATION....I, Mr./Mrs. ...............
do hereby declare that the
information given above, is correct to the best of my knowledge and believe
the same to be true. that you are to contact us with the listed
details above within 7 working
days of this notification.

ATM AWARD OFFICER
Mr.James mark.
Direct Telephone Number
+2347059489790

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