419 scam: "Zenith Bank Plc"<webmaster@mpdiscos.co.uk> Officer Acknowledgement !!!

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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:
- "card center will send you an atm card" (this phrase is often used in the ATM card payment scam)
- "million dollars" (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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Zenith Bank Plc" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidseaton1958@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 25 Jun 2011 07:16:19 -0700
Subject: Officer Acknowledgement !!!

Head Office Branch
Plot 84, Ajose Adeogun Street
Victoria Island, Lagos, Nigeria.
Zenith Bank Of Nigeria.

Attention: Beneficiary
This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contact file presently in our database, as regards your African Union (AU) solidarity fund that was awarded to you upon been one of the lucky Beneficiary in its last draw on the 19th of March 2011.

This award is funded by the African Union ( AU) so as to strengthen ties between Africa and the rest of the world with particular reference to Nigeria.

We have discovered you have not received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract payment.
Secondly, you are hereby advised to stop dealing with some non-officials in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so wish to receive your payment immediately. After the board meeting held at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to this problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through our SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, America, Africa and Asia Pacific, which is the instruction given by our president, GOOD LUCK JONATHAN (GCFR) Federal Republic of Nigeria.

This card center will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your money totaling to a tune of $7.000.000.00 (Seven Million Dollars) in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is ($4,000) per transaction. So, if you like to receive your fund in this form, reply to this office immediately for the issuing of your (ATM) CARD with the below Information.
Name:
Delivery Address:
Phone:
Age:

Alternatively, you can come down to our address to claim your fund with the original notification mail that was sent to you.
We shall be expecting to receive your information, you have to stop any further communications with anybody or office apart from this office of the presidency.On this regards, do not hesitate to contact me for more details and directions.
Thanks for your co-operation.
Mr David Seaton
Remittance Manager
Zenith Bank Of Nigeria.

Note: Because of impostors, we hereby issue you with our code of conduct, which is (202) so you have to indicate this code when contacting or emailing this CARD CENTER.

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