419 scam: ICPC <kumusut@yahoo.com.ph> RE:TRANSFER INTERCEPTED.

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "headquater" (this email uses bad English)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: ICPC <kumusut@yahoo.com.ph>
Reply-To: stopcorruption1@live.com
Date: Sat, 15 Oct 2011 22:47:03 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: RE:TRANSFER INTERCEPTED.

RE:TRANSFER INTERCEPTED.
INDEPENDENT CORRUPT PRACTICES AND
OTHER RELATED OFFENCES COMMISSION
{ICPC}
Headquater
Plot 802 Constitution Avenue,
Central District,
PMB 535, Garki
Abuja Nigeria.
http://www.icpc.gov.ng/chairman.php
E-mail: stopcorruption1@live.com
Lagos Office
No. 10 Okotie Eboh street, Off Awolowo Road,
SW -Ikoyi, Lagos.

I am Alhaji Bako Abdullahi The Chairman of the Independent Corrupt Practices and Other Related Offences Commission (ICPC).

This is for me to confirm if you Authorized Mr. CHOI of KOREA REPUBLIC for him to claim your funds from the Federal Government of Nigeria, the Central Bank of Nigeria are set to transfer this funds into Mr. CHOI'S COMPANY Account and we are waiting for you to confirm to us that we should go ahead and pay him this US$2,500,000.00 INHERRITANCE/CONTRACT PAYMENT into his Bank Account on your behalf.

Kindly get back to us and give us the go ahead other to complete this transfer,we decided to contact you because of what some foreigners does, using fake documents to HIGHJACK someone's fund.
Please let us know if we should instruct the Central Bank of Nigeria for them to complete this transfer, also inform us if you are not aware that Mr. CHOI SOOHYUN is trying to retreive your US$2.5M from the Federal Government of Nigeria.

We are waiting to hear from you within the next 48Hours,

YOU HAVE TO RESPOND TO THIS MESSAGE IMMEDIATELY AND CONFIRM TO US IF YOU KNOW MR. CHOI SOOHYUN SO THAT WE CAN TRANSFER THIS US$2,500,000.00 TO HIM,BUT IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HIM WE WILL HOLD THE FUND TRANSFER AND REVERT ALL THE DOCUMENTS TO YOUR NAME FOR THE FINAL TRANSFER INTO YOUR OWN PERSONAL/PRIVATE ACCCOUNT.
Please kindly forward these details to us for more information.

Your Full Name............
Telephone and Fax Numbers..............
Your Home or Office Address...................
Your Age & Occupation.....................................

Yours In Service
Alhaji Bako Abdullahi
CHAIRMAN (ICPC)

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