419 scam: "MR. ZAINAIB BIN YUSUF"<info@un-fgn.org> SCAMMED VICTIMS.........GET BACK TO US ASAP

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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:
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- +2348035317517 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- zainabbinyusuf_cbn@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. ZAINAIB BIN YUSUF" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zainabbinyusuf.cbn@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 24 May 2010 06:59:43 +0100
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIMS.........GET BACK TO US ASAP

SCAMMED VICTIM/1 MILLION BENEFICIARY.REF/PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 1 MILLION USD

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN:

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated From the United Nations to pay Nigerian 419 scam victims $1 Million each, you are listed and approved for this payments as one of the scammed victims, get back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your $1 Million compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last UN meetings held at Abuja, Nigeria, it was alarmed so much by the rest of the world in the meetings on the lose of Funds by various Foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the world today, in other to retain the good image of the country, the new president of the country is now paying victims of this operators $1 Million USD each. Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria the payments are to be paid by the Apex Bank Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). As corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the World Bank the apex bank of the World.

According to the number of applicants at hand, more then 250 beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims are from the United States and Asia, and we still have more left to be paid the compensations of $1 Million each. This payment includes persons who where unable to claim their won lotteries prizes due to the bad acts of those that tries to extract money from them before they submit your files to the authorities for payment, this kind of act has been dealt with.

Your particulars was mentioned by one of the syndicates who was arrested in Lagos Nigeria as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any reason what so ever, the US secret service is already on trace of other criminals.

You can receive your compensations payments via any of the options you choose, DRAFT PAYMENTS, ATM CARD or WIRE TRANSFERS(BANK TO BANK TRANSFER; I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Yours faithfully,

MR. ZAINAIB BIN YUSUF
Email: zainabbinyusuf_cbn@yahoo.com
TELEPHONE: +23417657159
MOBILE: +2348035317517

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