419 scam: "MR Douglas Honougbonji" <officefile73@rocketmail.com> Attention Beneficiary:

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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:
- "you are advice to " (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.
- +22998632270 (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.
- atmcreditdepartment44@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR Douglas Honougbonji" <officefile73@rocketmail.com>
Reply-To: atmcreditdepartment44@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 9 May 2012 02:36:58 +0900
Subject: Attention Beneficiary:

Attention Beneficiary:

It is my pressure to inform you the new development we have towards your
success, Due to you$B!G(Bre effort sincerity courage and trust
worthiness you showed at the course of your transaction with some
government and claimed government officials. And based on the outcome of
the last meeting held with the Federal Government of this country and the
officials of the United Nation Organization, UNO and International
Monitoring Fund, IMF, we have been instructed to transfer your funds
through ATM MASTER CARD, This is to officially inform you that (ATM Master
Card Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB) has been accredited in your favour. Your
Personal I identification Number is (002X). The ATM Card Value is
(€5.700, 000.00) (Five Million Seven Hundred Thousand Euro). You are
advice to contact our affiliate ATM UNIT CENTER with the information
below.

The maximum you can withdraw in a day is €20,000.00 (Twenty Thousand
Euros)You are hereby advice to contact the ATM CARD UNIT CENTRE
DEPARTMENT.Bellow is the contact detail for you to contact ATM UNIT CENTRE
for your ATM MASTER CARD.

UBA BANK PLC.
Contact Person: MR Lawrence Okonji
E-mail: (atmcreditdepartment44@hotmail.com)
Phone: +229-98-63-22-70
Bellow is information they may need to send the ATM CARD to you.

FULL NAME:.........................
DELIVERY ADDRESS:..............
TELEPHONE NUMBER:..............
COUNTRY:..........................
OCCUPATION:.....................
SEX:.................................
AGE:...............................

Forward the needed information to the ATM UNIT CENTER
So that they will send you, your ATM CARD.
Regards, MR Douglas Honougbonji.
National Coordinator Foreign Payment

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