419 scam: "Mr. Lamido Sanusi" <office-----file764@att.net> From the Desk Of Mr. Lamido Sanusi,

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- edinyang@excite.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Lamido Sanusi" <office-----file764@att.net>
Reply-To: edinyang@excite.co.uk
Date: Wed, 23 Feb 2011 15:28:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: From the Desk Of Mr. Lamido Sanusi,

Central Bank of Nigeria.
>From the Desk Of Mr. Lamido Sanusi,

Dear Consignee,

This is to notify you that your Recompense fund as approved by the central Bank of Nigeria have been transformed into an atm card and mailed already to you. Because we did not receive a confirmation of your mailing address before the dispatch took place, it was mailed to a counterpart in USA whom voluntarily agreed to receive it on your behalf through DHL after paying your mailing fee. Below are the tracking details:

DHL Website: www.dhl.com
Tracking number: 2816607032

Note that the delivery had been on transit but only arrived a while ago. You're to contact him and let him have your mailing address where he shall mail the card to. Kindly note that you're to refund him the $150 which he paid on your behalf before the mailing took place for him to mail the card to you. Contact him through the e-mail: ( edinyang@excite.co.uk ) his name is Mr. Ed Inyang and his wife is Sandra Inyang. You must thank them very much since they saved you from loosing this recompense atm card worth $850,000.00 which was almost canceled as a result of your negligence. Let them tell you how to send them back their refund of $150 and make sure you send it to them so that they will mail your card to you.

Confirm receipt of this e-mail.

Regards,
Mr. Lamido Sanusi,
Governor, Central Bank of Nigeria.

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