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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:
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "atmcarddept682@yahoo.co.uk" (this email address looks like addresses used in "ATM SWIFT card" 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.
- +22966025085 (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.
- atmcarddept682@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Deborah James" <officefiles110@gmail.com>
Reply-To: "Mrs. Deborah James" <atmcarddept682@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Thu, 22 Jan 2015 15:30:55 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Good day to you and your family,

Â Good day to you and your family,Â Good day to you and your family, and how are you doing today? This is to officially notify you that we have verified your payment file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not yet receive your payment due to your lack of proper conduct and not fulfilling the obligations given to you in respect to your payment.Â Secondly, you are advised to stop any dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to be stopped if you really wish to receive your payment because they are there to terminate and jeopardize your payment out of wickedness. Note that we have entered into January/February which is the first segment of our foreign payment in this physical year 2015 and you are among in our payment lists.Â After the board of director meeting held last week, we have resolved in finding a solution to handle your payment without anymore difficulty and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through ATM Master Card, which is the instruction given by our President, Dr. Thomas Yayi Boni (RB) Â Republic of Benin recently.Â This Card centre will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money from any ATM office in your locations in any part of the world, but the maximum is $2,500.00 per transaction and you can withdraw 4 times per day which is $10,000.00USD.
So my dear, if you like to receive your money this way, please do re-confirm the followings as stated below for second confirmation:Â 1. Full Names2. Phone and Fax Number3. Country of origin4. Current AddressÂ 5. Age and Current OccupationÂ 6. Your Identification Card/Driving LicenceÂ We shall be expecting to receive your information and you have to stop any further communication with anybody or office. On this regards, do not hesitate to contact me for more details or direction, and also please do update me with any new development.Â You are advice to contact the department centre with below email address and phone number for immediate release of your payment Card to you nowÂ E-mail address:(atmcarddept682@yahoo.co.uk)International settlement OfficerRev Cosmos MaxwellPhone: +229 66-02-50-85Â Thanks for your co-operation and do update me once you receive your Card.Â Best Regards,Mrs. Deborah James,

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