419 scam: "From Dr Mrs Blessing Otega"<onlinetransfer02@yahoo.com> Re: Attn: Beneficiary Please Read And Track For Your Payment ATM CARD Transfer

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- "swiftcardtransfer01@mail.mn" (this email address looks like addresses used in "ATM SWIFT card" scams)
- "swiftcardtransfer01@mail.mn" (this email address has been used in a known 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.
- +2348079111220 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
- +23415851427 (Nigeria, landline)
- +23418793863 (Nigeria, landline)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Dr Mrs Blessing Otega" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <swiftcardtransfer01@mail.mn>
Date: Sat, 17 Dec 2011 06:13:14 -0800
Subject: Re: Attn: Beneficiary Please Read And Track For Your Payment ATM CARD Transfer Verification

CORPORATE HEAD QUARTERS INTERCONTINENTAL BANK PLC TINUBU SQUARE
IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE UNITED NATION FUNDS TRANSFER

Attention: Honorable Beneficiary (Sir/Madam)

Sequence to final meeting with office of the presidency to release your bank Draft or ATM CARD to you and we have paid some peoples in the past year and also this year mostly through ATM Cards mode of payment, and few beneficiary have received their own ATM Cards and were able to start making withdraw of $2,000.00 per transaction and limit in a day is $8,000.00 and For you to understand what I am saying, I have given to you below the tracking numbers of the people we paid in the past year and also this year and they received their cards through DHL company and UPS Courier company and FedEx company.

Track the numbers through UPS website and FedEx website and DHL website, which is WWW.DHL.COM and www.ups.com and www.fedex.com confirm the delivery of their cards to their homes:

TRACKING SITE www.ups.com

MRS BARBARA BROWN ===========1z73257a0473574439

TRACKING SITE :http://www.fedex.com/Tracking

Robert Schat TRACKING NUMBER 873447988640
Frederic Berget TRACKING NUMBER 873447988536
Reba Cannon TRACKING NUMBER: 793558322075
John Stacey TRACKING NUMBER: 793558334918
James Williams TRACKING NUMBER: 793558326840
JOHN HNATIV TRACKING NUMBER: 875529283645
RANJEET TRACKING NUMBER: 873447978822

If you are willing to receive your $2.5Million through ATM Card like others did, then quickly provide your data in the below order for the processing and shipment of your ATM Card to you:

Full name:
Address:
Occupation:
Phone/fax:
Age/sex:

Be informed that the release of your funds shall be completed, and your ATM Card will be delivered to you without delay as soon as you fill the form correctly and return it without delay.

We shall be waiting to hearing from you immediately you receive this massage.

Remain Blessed,
Yours faithfully,

Dr (Mrs) Blessing Otega
The New Director Foreign Payment
Cell: +234-807-911-1220
Tell : 23418793863
Fax : 234-1-5851427
E-mail: swiftcardtransfer01@mail.mn

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