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It must be my lucky day today. It’s just unfortunate that this is not for real.

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From: MR CLARK MORGAN <info@clarkmorgan.com>
Date: Fri, Sep 19, 2008 at 10:22 PM
Subject: Greetings: Your ATM CARD Payment
To:

Greetings:

This is to officially inform you that ATM card worth  Five hundred Thousand dollars ($500,000.00 USD) has been credited in your favour in bid to compensate you on your contract payment since you are next on our inheritance file for the second part of this fiscal Year 2008, Your personal identification is ATM 2900.

Contact the verification Officer Mr Cody Lampard { info_atmdeliveries_diplomaticcourier@post.ro } with the following for proper verification and claim processing:

Full Legal Names…………….
Delivery Address………
Country………………
Occupation……………
Phone Number………….
Fax Number……………
Age………………….
sex………………….

NOTE:-You are also required to send along a means of Identification which can be a scan copy of your  Driver’s License or International Passport for identification on delivery.

Regards
MR CLARK MORGAN

Unfortunately, there are enough people around who believe this story too.

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From: Acct. Donald Duke.
Date: Wed, Aug 27, 2008 at 3:17 AM
Subject: CONTACT THE ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OF ECOBANK BANK BENIN
To:

CONTACT THE ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT OF ECOBANK BANK BENIN Greetings Dear Beloved Friend, I want to inform you about my success in transferring your money into an ATM master card to curtail the risk of carrying huge amount of money around. The total amount has been coded into ATM master card; please contact the Bank ATM payment center for more instruction on how to make use of the ATM card to withdraw your money in any ATM machine around the globe. I will be traveling to CHINA for business project with my own share of the total money. Meanwhile, I didn’t forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring the fund despite that it failed us some how. Now you can contact the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT of ECOBANK BANK BENIN on this email(michaelkohnatmpaymaster23@live.com)pn.. +229-9704-6911 they will send you the sum of Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars ($2.500, 000.00) which is your own share for all the sufferings at that time. That is compensation for all your past efforts I really appreciated your consistency at that time. This card center will send you an ATM card which you will use to withdraw your money in any ATM machine around the world, the maximum withdrawal is Ten Thousand United State Dollars per day. Feel free to get in touch with the ATM PAYMENT DEPARTMENT and give them direction on where to send the ATM card to you, the only money they will request from you is the activation fee of $99.99, so contact them right away. Do not hesitate to contact the ECOBANK Benin ATM payment department center with the information i gave to you and also re-confirm the following information to them as listed below: 1. Full Name…………………… 2. Current Address……………… 3. Phone Number………………… 4. A Copy of your identity………. 5. Your Nationality…………….. 6 Your pic……………………. Forward the above information to Prof. Michael Kohn, the head department officer of ATM payment center ECOBANK Bank Benin Republic. Phone: +229-9704-6911, Email michaelkohnatmpaymaster23@live.com) Please do let me know immediately you receive the ATM card so that we can share the joy together after all the sufferings at that time. I will be very busy in CHINA for the project am going to have there with my partner. So contact the ATM center immediately, they will give you more details of the ATM service. Finally, be informed that I left instructions to the DEPARTMENT to send the ATM MASTER CARD to you, so feel free to get in touch with the DEPARTMENT and they will send the CARD to you with out any delay. Best Regards, Acct. Donald Duke.

Donald Duke, 419 scam, ATM card

This is a message I received today about a form of credit card fraud which has been going on for a few years now. As this occurred this week, I believe it’s worth posting as any kind of fraud is bad news for us all.

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From: AdlandPro Community <adv@softfornet.com >
Date: 12 Oct 2007 13:00:15 -0500
Subject: New Credit Card Scam Snopes.com says this is true.

This one is pretty slick since they provide YOU with all YOUR information, except the one little piece they want.

Note, the callers do not ask for your card number; they already have it. This information is worth reading. By understanding how the VISA & MasterCard Telephone Credit Card Scam works, you’ll be better prepared to protect yourself.

One of our employees was called on Wednesday from ‘VISA’, and I was called on Thursday from ‘Master Card’. The scam works like this: Caller: ‘This is (name), and I’m calling from the Security and Fraud Department at VISA. My Badge number is 12460. Your card has been flagged for an unusual purchase pattern, and I’m calling to verify. This would be on your VISA card which was issued by (name of bank). Did you purchase an Anti-Telemarketing Device for $497.99 from a Marketing company based in Arizona ?’

When you say ‘No’, the caller continues with, ‘Then we will be issuing a credit to your account. This is a company we have been watching and the charges range from $297 to $497, just under the $500 purchase pattern that flags most cards. Before your next statement, the credit will be sent to (gives you your address), is that correct?’

You say ‘yes’. The caller continues – ‘I will be starting a Fraud investigation. If you have any questions, you should call the 1- 800 number listed on the back of your card (1-800-VISA) and ask for Security.’

You will need to refer to this Control Number. The caller then gives you a 6 digit number. ‘Do you ne e d me to read it again?’

Here’s the IMPORTANT part on how the scam works. The caller then says, ‘I need to verify you are in possession of your card’. He’ll ask you to ‘turn your card over and look for some numbers’. There are 7 numbers; the first 4 are part of your card number, the next 3 are the security Numbers that verify you are the possessor of the card. These are the numbers you sometimes use to make Internet purchases to prove you have the card. The caller will ask you to read the 3 numbers to him. After you tell the caller the 3 numbers, he’ll say, ‘That is correct, I just needed to verify that the card has not been lost or stolen, and that you still have your card. Do you have any other questions?’ After you say No, the caller then thank s you and states, ‘Don’t hesitate to call back if you do’, and hangs up.

You actually say very little, and they never ask for or tell you the Card number. But after we were called on Wednesday, we called back within 20 minutes to ask a question. Are we glad we did! The REAL VISA Security Department told us it was a scam and in the last 15 minutes a new purchase of $497.99 was charged to our card.

Long story – short – we made a real fraud report and closed the VISA account VISA is reissuing us a new number. What the scammers want is the 3-digit PIN number on the back of the card. Don’t give it to them. Instead, tell them you’ll call VISA or Master card directly for verification of their conversation. The real VISA told us that they will never ask for anything on the card as they already know the information since they is su ed the card! If you give the scammers your 3 Digit PIN Number, you think you’re receiving a credit. However, by the time you get your statement you’ll see charges for purchases you didn’t make, and by then it’s almost too late and/or more difficult to actually file a fraud report.

What makes this more remarkable is that on Thursday, I got a call from a ‘Jason Richardson of Master Card’ with a word-for-word repeat of the VISA scam. This time I didn’t let him finish. I hung up! We filed a police report, as instructed by VISA. The police said they are taking several of these reports daily! They also urged us to tell everybody we know that this scam is happening.

For more on this story visit Snopes.com