419 scam: "FROM BARRISTER MR.KELVIN F GIULIANO JR" <office.file.69@mail.ru> Good News Beneficiary: The ATM Card worth of $3.500.000.00

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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:
- "atm card department" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "activation fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +22962388912 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM BARRISTER MR.KELVIN F GIULIANO JR" <office.file.69@mail.ru>
Reply-To: "FROM BARRISTER MR.KELVIN F GIULIANO JR" <bankof.africa42@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 21 Nov 2015 04:08:06 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Good News Beneficiary: The ATM Card worth of $3.500.000.00

Attention Beneficiary:

This is to bring to your notice that because of the impossibility of your fund transfer through OUR BANKING WESTERN UNION MONEY TRANSFER network, we have credited your total $3.500.000.00 u.s dollar's legitimate Funds into an ATM VISA CARD and I have paid the re-activation fee and the delivery of the ATM Card To you, I paid it because the ATM Card worth of $3.500.000.00 u.s dollar's which I have registered for deliver, has less than Seven days to expire in the custody of the UBA ATM CARD Department and when it expires, the money will go into Federal Government treasury account.

With that I decided to help you pay off the money so that the ATM Card will not expire, because I trust that when you receive your ATM Card definitely you must pay me back my money and even compensate me for helping you.

Now I want you to contact United Bank for Africa ATM VISA CARD Department at with your physical address you desire the delivery to be made so that they can deliver your ATM Card to your designated address without any delay, Your full information immediately you reconfirmed your full information as the following below.

Your Full Name:.............
Your Home Address:...........
Your Country/ City:...........
Your Age:......................
Your Sex:.......................
Your Direct Phone Number:........
Your ID copy:.....................

Like I stated earlier, the delivery charges has been paid by me but I did not pay their official keeping fees since they refused, they refused and the reason is that they do not know when you are going to contact them and the demur rage might have increased, They told me that their keeping fees is $35 u.s dollar's per day only, and I deposited it.

Below is the Contact Information of the United Bank for Africa ATM VISA CARD Customer Service Director Mr. Patrick McDowell +22962388912, ATM VISA CARD Email Address online Contact them today to avoid increase of their keeping fees and let me know once you receive your ATM card.

Yours Sincerely,
BARRISTER MR. KELVIN F GIULIANO JR
Western Union

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