419 scam: Ms.Rose.Richard@saychina, <msrose.richard@info.com> RE:INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT ACCOUNT NUMBER :00686-71088

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Ms.Rose.Richard@saychina, <msrose.richard@info.com>
Reply-To: msrose.richard@gala.net
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 2010 13:09:56 +0900
Subject: RE:INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT ACCOUNT NUMBER :00686-71088

RE:INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT ACCOUNT NUMBER :00686-71088

Attn: Beneficiary,

This is to notify you that your payment has been gazetted to be Released via key tested telex transfer (KTT) (Direct Wire Transfer) to you but we received an e-mail from Mr. Roy Harris two days ago claiming to be your True Representative.

Here is Mr. Roy Harris' account which he forwarded to our office for the remittance of your funds:

BANK OF AMERICA
633 ELMIRA ROAD
VACAVILLE,CALIFORNIA
UNITED STATES STATES.
ACCOUNT NUMBER :00686-71088.
NAME-D.ROY HARRIS.
SWIFT CODE:BFA 3SUN.
ROUTING CODE 026009593.

Please, do reconfirm to this office, as a matter of urgency, if Mr. Roy Harris is from you so that the Bank will not be held responsible for paying into the wrong account Name.

We shall proceed to issue all payments details to Mr. Roy Harris as your Representative if we do not hear from you within the next seven working days from today.

Regards,

From:Ms.Rose Richard,
For:Director Of Foreign Operations,
United Bank for Africa.

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