419 scam: "Director of Foreign Operations." <office.date@postafiok.hu> RE: PAYMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING WINNING FUND VIA ATM VISA CARD.

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- +22999103742 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Director of Foreign Operations." <office.date@postafiok.hu>
Reply-To: nelson014@blumail.org
Date: Mon, 19 Nov 2012 19:40:32 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: RE: PAYMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING WINNING FUND VIA ATM VISA CARD.

BANQUE CENTRALE DES ETATS DE Lâ€™AFRIQUE DE Lâ€™OUEST
UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA
CARREFOUR DES TROIS BANQUES AVENUE PAPE JEAN PAUL II,
COTONOU, BENIN.

OUR REF:Â SB/102/0005B/01

Attn:

RE: PAYMENT OF YOUR OUTSTANDING CREDIT OF $10,000,000.00 USD

We humbly wish to inform you that your payment file have been received today in our head office and confirmed by our legal Department. However, our legal department has scrutinized all the informationâ€™s provided necessary for the loading and found it correct and authentic. We wish to inform you that your overdue payment of $10,000,000.00 has be scheduled to be paid to you through our Automated teller machine card (ATM Card) which you will only be required to proceed to any ATM Cash Point to withdraw the sum of $5,000 per day till the payment is completed.

This development is as a result of a new payment policy carried out by Central Bank of Benin in collaboration with International Monetary Fund in accordance with the World Bank 2012 payment constitution. We have gone through your files and have discovered why you have not received your payments yet. Firstly you refused to follow the necessary step needed for the process to be successful and by doing that we suspend your account.

Secondly we have been informed that you are still dealing with none bank officials, please such an act will have to stop immediately if you still wish to receive your payments. Since we have decided to bring a solution to your problem we have arranged to make payments through our swift card payment which is the latest instruction from US Department of the Treasury. This joint effort is to help Central Bank of Benin to restrict and monitor every International transaction, to avoid money laundry activities and to help fight fraudulent activities from scam experts. Furthermore you are advised to reconfirm the below details for the issuance of your ATM;

1. Full Name (As Stated in your ID)
2. Contact Address
3. Telephone/Fax number
4. Current Occupation
5. Nationality:
6. Next of Kin:

All this will be used to process and acquire your ATM card and immediately this is done we will then dispatch your ATM card to you. The International Credit Settlement Dept has been mandated to issue out $10,000,000.00 to you and we will like this to be done without any further delays. We will inform you more on the next procedure to take when we hear from you.

We are glad to be of service to you!.

Yours Faithfully,

Nelson Williams
Director of Foreign Operations.
UBA Group.
+229 99103742

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