419 scam: Awareness Team <i_am_godjp@yahoo.co.jp> YOUR UNPAID FUND IS RESOLVED

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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:
- "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
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.
- +22998377095 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Awareness Team <i_am_godjp@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: Awareness Team <awarenessteam@yandex.com>
Date: Sat, 2 May 2015 03:24:10 +0900 (JST)
Subject: YOUR UNPAID FUND IS RESOLVED

God 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.

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 February/june which is the first segment of our
foreign payment in this physical year 2015 and you are among in our
payment lists.

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) Republic of Benin recently. This Card
center 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 from total amount of $2.5 USD

If you like to receive your money this way, please do
re-confirm the followings as stated below for second confirmation:

1. Full Names
2. Phone and Fax Number
3. Country of origin
4. Current Address
5. Age and Current Occupation
6. Your Identification Card/Driving License

We shall be expecting to receive your information and you have to stop
any further communication with anybody or office on this regard,

International settlement Awareness Officer
Kind regards,
Charles Adimorar
Phone: +229 98377095

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