419 scam: "DR. CHRIS CLARK."<joan@minchali.com.tw> COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM 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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "international court of justice" (not involved with lotteries)
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
- ",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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "we advice you" (this email uses bad English)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "chrisclark12345@globomail.com" (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.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +22966948235 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR. CHRIS CLARK." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chrisclark12345@kimo.com>
Date: Mon, 11 Mar 2013 09:12:02 -0800
Subject: COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE UNIT (FIU)
REPUBLIC OF BENIN
Annex Office, No: 7 Creek Road Sunning Hill Sand Ton Porto-novo Benin

Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

This is to inform you that, we have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of the United States Government, Benin Republic Government, United Kingdom Government and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) including with the help of the Currency Transactions Reports (CTR) and Suspicious Transactions Reports (STR) Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and Financial Action Task Force (FATF). We have been able to track down so many of this scam artist in various parts of African countries which includes (United Kingdom, India, Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana, Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Court of Justice (ICJ) Hague (Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.

During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nation Anti-Crime Commission and the United State Government have ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the World for compensation. This Email/Letter is been directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk while the investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore being compensated with the sum of $10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Dollars Only).

We have also arrested some of those who claim that they are Barristers, Bank Officials, Lottery and Government Agents who has money for transfer or want you to be the next of kin of such funds which does not exist. Since your email address appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive a compensation funds, we have arranged your payment to be paid to you through ATM VISA CARD. An ATM Visa Card will be issued in your name and your $10,000,000.00 (Ten Million Dollars Only) will be loaded into it, and deliver it to your postal address with the Pin Number, as to enable you withdrawal your funds from any ATM Machine anywhere in the world.

To issue the ATM Visa Card, you are therefore advised to contact the Visa Card Incorporation Benin Republic, this is so because Visa Inc. is a global payments technology company that enables consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments to use digital currency instead of cash and checks, and the Government choose them to payout all the compensation funds to the 100 Lucky beneficiaries. Please contact them now with the below contact details:

DR. CHRIS CLARK.
Director ATM VISA CARD Issuance Department
(Visa Incorporation Benin)
Contact Email: chrisclark12345@globomail.com
Direct Office lines: +229-6694-8235

Contact him now for the delivery of your ATM Card. As soon as you establish a contact with him, an ATM card will be issued to you immediately which you can use to withdraw your funds from any ATM Machine, but the maximum is $20,000 dollars per day because the Card has been upgrade. So if you like to receive your funds through this means you’re advised to contact (DR. CHRIS CLARK) with the following information as stated below:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Address Where You Want the Courier Company to Send Your ATM Card To or (P.O Box):
3. Your Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Cell/Mobile Number:

Please Be Warned, as The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the United State Government does not instruct any other Bank or agent in this payment except (Dr. Chris Clark), whom we can only give attention to, and from now, we advice you to stop all the communications you are having with any other Agent or bank officials in Europe, Asia and Africa regarding to your payment.

Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions.

Yours in Services.

MR. GABRIEL ANDERSON
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
(FIU) BENIN.

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