419 scam: "Mr. Edward William" <drcsikos@t-online.hu> YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY NOTIFICATION

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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:
- "demurrage " (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. )
- "security keeping 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. )
- "processing 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. )
- ",500,000" (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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "enquiress@informaticos.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "enquiress@informaticos.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.
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.
- +22968554163 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Edward William" <drcsikos@t-online.hu>
Reply-To: enquiress@informaticos.com
Date: Sat, 05 Nov 2016 00:48:45 +0100
Subject: YOUR ATM CARD DELIVERY NOTIFICATION

Attention: Dear Beneficiary,

This is to bring to your notice that because of the impossibility of your
fund transfer through the western union network, we have credited your
total of Us$3.5Million valid fund into an ATM MASTER CARD and I have paid
the Processing fee and the delivery of the ATM Card for you, I paid it
because the ATM Card worth of US$3,500,000.00 has already been deposited to
the UPS Delivery Company. Therefore, you will have to contact them asap for
the delivery.

We decided to help you pay off the money so that the ATM Card will not
expire or called back into Federal Government treasury account 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
UPS Express at: { enquiress@informaticos.com } 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.

Like I stated earlier, the crediting, delivery and the company registration
charges has been paid by me, but I did not pay their security keeping fees
since they refused reason, is that they do not know when you are going to
contact them and the demurrage might have increased by then, They told me
that their security keeping fees is $98 only.

Below is the Contact Information of the UPS Express Customer Service:

Director Mr Paul Edward
Email:{ enquiress@informaticos.com }
Tel: +229 6855 4163.

Contact them today and also send them the security official keeping charge
to avoid increase of their fees and let me know once you receive your ATM
card. Important Notice: Your ATM CARD package was registered as a gift so
that the diplomatic Agent will not know the content of your package okay.

Regards.
Mr. Edward William.
Office Administration

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