419 scam: "Fbi"<felixwellss@yahoo.cn> RE:READ VERY IMPORTANT..FNMRFYDORL

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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:
- "contact the atm card center" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "western union" (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. )
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +2348083585425 (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.
- iprivate25@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Fbi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <felixwells@yahoo.cn>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 19:52:24 -0500
Subject: RE:READ VERY IMPORTANT..FNMRFYDORL

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC.

Attention Beneficiary,

Records show that you are among one of the individuals who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery, Contract/ Inheritance payment. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have also noticed that over the past you have been transacting with some imposters and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Prof. Soludo/Mr.Lamido Sanusi of the Central Bank Of Nigeria, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Ngozi Okonjo Iwuala, Anderson,Tunde Lemo none officials of Central Bank, Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some imposters claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation.The Cyber Crime Division of the FBI gathered information from the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) formerly known as the Internet Fraud Complaint Center (IFCC) of how some people have lost outrageous sums of money to these impostors. As a result of this we hereby advise you to stop communica!
tion with any one not referred to

We guarantee 100% receipt of your payment, because we have perfected everything in regards to the release of your $10.5million United States Dollars to be 100% risk free and free from any hitches as it is our duty to protect citizens of the United States of America and also Asia and Europe. (This is as a result of the mandate from US Government to make sure all debts owed to citizens of American, Asia and Europe which includes Inheritance, Contract and Lottery etc are been cleared for the betterment of the current economic status of the nation and its citizens as he has always believed.Our Time for Change has come because Change can happen.Below are few list of tracking numbers you can track from UPS website to confirm people like you who have received their payment successfully.

Name:E LINDBERG:DHL Tracking Number 1426425615 (www.dhl.com)
Name :PITELIS :UPS Tracking Number h8433223480 (www.ups.com)

To redeem your fund you are hereby advised to contact the ATM Card Center via email for their requirement to proceed and procure your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order on your behalf which will cost you $405.00 only nothing more and no hidden fees as everything else has been taken cared of by the
Federal Government including taxes, custom paper and clearance duty so all you will ever need to pay is $405.00 Four hundred and five united state dollar only.

Contact Information
Name: Mr.Ben O.Ezekamba
Email:iprivate25@yahoo.com
Telephone: +234-8083585425

Do contact Mr.Ben O.Ezekamba of the Office of the Presidency via his contact details above and furnish him with your details as listed below:
Your full Name:................................................................................................
Home/Cell Phone:...............................................................................................
Occupation:....................................................................................................
Age:...........................................................................................................
Your Address (where you will like your ATM CARD to be sent to):................................................

On contacting him with your details, your payment file would be updated and he will be sending you the payment information in which you will use in making payment of $405.00 via Western Union Money Transfer for the procurement of your Approval of Payment Warrant and Endorsement of your ATM Release Order. After which the delivery of your ATM card will be effected to your designated home address without any further delay, extra fee or any authority raising eyebrow.Upon receipt of payment the delivery officer will ensure that your package is sent to you within 48 working hours. Because we are so sure of everything and we are giving you 100% money back guarantee if you do not receive your ATM CARD Shipment Confirmation within the next 48hrs after you have made the payment.Once again we are so sure of you receiving your payment at no any other cost as we have taking it upon our duty to monitor everything in other to cub cyber crime that is perpetrated by those imposters.

THANKS.
FELIX WELLS
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION
UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE
WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535
TELEPHONE:940 604 5742

Note: Disregard any email you get from any impostors/impersonators or offices claiming to be in possession of your ATM card, you are hereby advice only to be in contact with Mr.Ben O.Ezekamba of the Office of the Presidency who is the rightful person to deal with in regards to your payment and forward any emails you get from impostors/African fraudsters to this office so we could act upon it immediately, help stop cyber crime.

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