Sometime back I received an email with the subject line that said – Reissuance of your upgraded ATM Debit Card. The email was from one Mr. Mike Spellman. He offered me an upgraded Debit Card. I don't know why.
You'll find below my communicatuion with Mr. Mike Spellman. My comments within his email are in red.
Email stating Reissuance of your upgraded ATM Debit Card
From: Mr Mike Spellman <atmcard33212@gmail.com> Sent: 23 October 2021 03:02
To: undisclosed-recipients: (Red herring indicating phishing email)
Subject: Re-Issuance of Your Upgraded ATM Debit Card Nos; 5416557102001951.(Total Value: US$5,390,000 only. You Can Withdraw Funds Anywhere) (All such emails that offer huge sums of money out of the blue are devil sent)
Card Issuer/Securities Services;
International Banking Department
ATM Regulatory & Compliance Board
Email:atmbenincard86@aol.com
Tel: +22961960428
Our ref: IMF/T/ATM/COMP/14-CI
Re-Issuance of Your Upgraded ATM Debit Card Nos; 5416557102001951.(Total Value: US$5,390,000 only. You Can Withdraw Funds Anywhere)
Dear , (Dear what? You don't know my name and are offering me more than 5 Million dollars!)
The Audit & De (??)
After we have rbt (??) Reconciliation Commission has undertaken an independent performance audit with the authority contained in the IMF/World Bank Auditor-General Act 1997.
Following the performance audit for the year ended 22 october 2021, (year ended 22 on October 2021 – er… what does that mean?) while going through the files, we discovered that a part-payment fund; US$5.3Million that was processed in your favor by MasterCard (ATM Debit Card) in 2021 in the following manner and was not released to you.
For more detailed information concerning this payment, Contact us with your full information's via (atmbenincard86@aol.com) (why not to the email address from which you are writing?) Or call at
+22961960428.
eceived (why did you eat the r?) your reply, we will instruct the card issuing bank to re-process and re-load your DEBIT cards, funds will be available on the cards in minutes, which will be dispatched to your designated address. We will oversee the delivery of the cards to you through our registered and official courier. Get back to us as soon as possible.
Congratulations.
Mr Mike Spellman
Reissuance of your upgraded ATM Debit Card is a suspicious Email
As I have previously mentioned , any email that is addressed to undisclosed-recipients: makes me suspicious. The sender is Phishing for someone to take the bait.
This email however had no links. Just an email address to reply to.
So, I “took” the bait as is my wont, and wrote back to Mr. Mike Spellman as directed.
My reply to Reissuance of your upgraded ATM Debit Card Email
To: atmbenincard86@aol.com
Sat, 23 Oct, 2021 at 1:58 pm
Hello Mike
Thank you for your email. And letting me know that MasterCard has approved an ATM Card for me.
Please let me bow (I can also make spelling mistakes) how i can get the card.
Sanjeev
I received an elaborate reply from Mr. Mike Spellman.
The email contained information about my personal details that he wanted before letting me know how I could lay my hands on the upgraded card.
Email received in response to my email
ATM Department & Regulatory Board Authority <atmbenincard86@aol.com>
To: xxxxxxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxxx.com (my email that I have censored)
Mon, 25 Oct, 2021 at 12:33 pm
Card Issuer/Securities Services;
International Banking Department
ATM Regulatory & Compliance Board
Email
Tel: +22969445915 (Country code is Benin)
Our ref: IMF/T/ATM/COMP/14-CI
Attn Beneficiary
I am Mr. Mike Spellman , Director of the ATM Release Department of the United Bank for Africa {UBA} Plc Benin. This is to acknowledge the receipt of your email in respect with the provision act of decree 114 of the 1999 constitution; (with that one comment, he gave away the fact that he is a member of Nigerian scammers. 1999 constitution is mainly Nigerian one) I am directed to inform you that your payment verification and confirmations are correct. (What payment verifications and confirmations did I give in my elail to him?) Therefore, we are happy to inform you that arrangements have been concluded to effect the delivery of your ATM Debit Card in our bid to transparency. (What English is that?)
It's my pleasure and honor to inform you that your ATM Card Number; 5416557102001951 has been approved and uploaded in your favor. Your Personal Identification Pin Number( 2900). The ATM Card Value is $5.390.000.00 ( Five Million, Three Hundred And Ninety Thousand United State Dollars only ) and you are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of $20,000 USD is permitted on withdrawal per day and we are duly Inter Switch which you can use to make withdrawal in any location and ATM Center of your choice. (I give up on grammer, but yes I understand the essense of what you are saying. I can withdraw at most 20,000 dollars per day. That will take me almost 9 months to withdraw all the cash that you have uploaded on my ATM card)
Please note that your ATM Debit Card is well packaged and cannot be opened because it was protected with a hard cover of an insurance policy which makes it impossible for it to be used by any individual except you who is the rightful beneficiary. (what is hard cover of an insurance policy that makes packaging impossible to open? Perils of online transalation!)
DESCRIPTION OF ATM DEBIT CARD:
ATM card/original certificate of weight :…………..0.20kg
Bonded draft of weight :……………………….. …………….0.17kg
Total weight of parcel :……………………….. ……….0.37kg
Color of Parcel :……………………….. …………….. Dark Brown
Length of days :……………………….. …………………….. 48hours
Delivery Type:……………………. …………..Premium Service
Delivery Status:………………….. ………..Virtual Pending
You are advised to provide us with the following information for you to commence the delivery of the card to your home address as agreed with the United Nations and the International Monetary Funds .
Kindly re-confirm to them the followings:
Your Full Name: ______________________________
Your Complete Address (Physical Address with Zip Code not P.O.BOX) :
______________________________
Name of City of Residence:____________________ ___________
Country:______________________ ______________
Direct Telephone Number:_______________________ ____________
Mobile Number:_______________________ _____________
Nearest airport:______________________ __________
Working Identity Card/Int'l Passport:_____________________ ___________
Occupation:________________ Position_______________
Thanks for your co operations
Regards
Mr. Mike Spellman,
Director ATM Card Payment Center
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