419 scam: ATM Card Dept <london.atm_dept@london.com> About Your 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:

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:
- "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)
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.
- +447031921833 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- uk.diplomat.donaldleary1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: ATM Card Dept <london.atm_dept@london.com>
Reply-To: <london.atm_dept@y7mail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 07:49:06 +0330
Subject: About Your ATM Card,,

LAST EMAIL REMINDER

For your information; we have sent you two mails before now and this is
the last reminder. The London ATM Department has been appointed by the
British Prime Minister Mr. David Cameron in conjuncture with British
Scottish Investment to disburse the Federal Revenue Account, towards
paying-off listed number of foreigners whose inheritance,lottery winning
funds/contract transfer have been stalled for the past
years; owing to the gross corruption and delays that characterized foreign
debt payment exercises under the past regime. Your email address is among those
earmarked for payment in the month August and September, 2015.

Contact the British Diplomat office in United States for your payment
release with any means of identification as fund beneficiary. Send your
complete details to the British Diplomat which includes your full names,
Address and Telephone number. Make sure you forward this email as evidence to the
British Diplomat office in USA which would enable the smooth delivery of your ATM
debit card worth US$1.700, 000 (One Million Seven Hundred Thousand Dollars) dispatch
to your door steps. The British Diplomat detail is as follows:

Names: Mr. Donald C Leary
Address: 133 Peachtree St NE #3400 , Atlanta , GA 30303 , United States
Email: uk.diplomat.donaldleary1@gmail.com
Tel: 646 838 2727

Regards,

Mr.Andrew Wilson
ATM Department
British Scottish Bank
Phone: +44 703 192 1833

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