419 scam: "Secretary of the federation"<infobank@bk.ru> DONT REPLY IF YOU HAVE RECIEVE YOUR FUND

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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:
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "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.
- bright_okogu@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Secretary of the federation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davidmark201@live.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2011 18:29:55 +1000
Subject: DONT REPLY IF YOU HAVE RECIEVE YOUR FUND

OFFICE OF THE SENATE HOUSE
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTIONPANEL ON CONTRACT PAYMENT)
IKOYI-LAGOS NIGERIA
Our Ref: FGN /SNT/STB

ATTN: Beneficiary

We, the entire members of the Federal House of Senate, on behalf of the Federal Republic of Nigerian Government, Under the auspices of the civilian Head of State, President GoodLuck Jonathan and the new Governor of Central Bank Of Nigeria , Lamido Sanusi held a meeting last week concerning unpaid payment, allocation/compensation list of contractors ,inheritance ,next of kin and lotto beneficiaries and for those that have been in scam victim that originated from Europe, Asia Plus Middle east and Americans, On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated, so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment. Pay attention appointed office below for you to receive your payment accordingly.

Now your new Payment Reference No.-321909871, Allocation No: 8790122 ,Password No :AB931001, Pin Code No:02877 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No :143, Released Code No: 0011; Immediate Telex confirmation No:ws3018439 ; Secret Code No: XXFGN019 ,Having received these vital payment information, therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria within 22hrs.

Now you are directed to contact the Office of the Paymaster General Federal Republic of Nigeria Contact Person: Bright Okogu, Contact Email: bright_okogu@rediffmail.com.

Contact him now and inform him that you received an email stating that he should instruct you on how to get your payment into your nominated account ,and also reconfirm! the following information below.

1. YOUR FULL NAME:
2. PHONES AND FAX NUMBER:
3. FULL ADDRESS:
4. YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION:
5. SCANNED COPY OF I.D

so that you can receive your fund.

Contact Person: Bright Okogu
Email: bright_okogu@rediffmail.com

Contact him to know what it will take for your funds to be processed for immediate transfer and forward your Details to his office to avoid transfer mistake.

NOTE: We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call, if we still find out that you are still dealing with Non officials of my Office, I shall stop and cancel your payment immediately and you are advice to list those mafias name you have been dealing with.

Best Regards
SENATE PRESIDENT
Senator David Mark

{Federal Republic of Nigeria}

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