419 scam: "Raymond Briston"<raybriston@sieofinancebank.com> SIEOFB /07342/01/011

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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:
- "terrorist clearance certificate" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "clearance certificate" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "transfer of your funds" (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)
- "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)
- "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)
- "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447077089747 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Raymond Briston" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <raymondbriston400@yahoo.cn>
Date: Thu, 9 Feb 2012 04:18:41 +0800
Subject: SIEOFB /07342/01/011

Standard Intertrust Equity Offshore Finance Bank
50 Bank Street, London E14 5NT, United Kingdom?
Tel: +44-707-708-9747 Press 2
Tel: +44-703-591-7719 Direct Offline Line
Fax: +44-798-372-3692

(Trade Syndication, Resources Management & Payment Verification)

Date: 8th February, 2012
RE: SIEOFB /07342/01/011

Dear Sir,

TRANSACTION CODE: 47BTOX6X1D2Z
24/7 Costumer Service Online EST 4

We write to advise you relative to your scheduled funds transfer of US$7.800,000.00 Million Dollars, We wish to inform you that your wire instruction has been processed and keyed into the outgoing Swift online transfer service, hence our apex financial institution, The European Union Commission (EUC) whose permission is mandatory, has requested that you should secure your funds transfer Non-Indigence Participatory Status Permit (N.I.P.S.P) Clearance and Anti-Terrorist Clearance Certificate to enable a successful transfer of your funds. You should give urgent attention to this as we will not hesitate to meet out the necessary measures as enshrine in the constitution of Government of Great Britain. Under the International Revenue Services (IRS) article 48 sections B any funds above £500,000 Thousand Pounds should follow the process of the IRS for successful transfer.

RE-CONFIRMATION OF EXCHANGE CONTROL APPROVAL BY BENEFICIARY ORDER.

With reference of your approval inheritance application payment reference No: SIE0FB/CB/38290001/NL0.292 - US$7.8 Million Dollars).

BENEFICIARY

SIEOFB/TRANSFER/MT103 BANK INFORMATION FOR TRANSFER

1A. BANK NAME:
2B. BANK ADDRESS:
3C. COUNTRIES:
4D. ACCOUNT NUMBER #:
5E. WIRE ROUTING TRANSIT#:
6F. BENEFICIARY ACCOUNTS HOLDER NAME:
7G. SWIFT CODE:

Fill out this information's completely without any mistake.

Standard Intertrust Equity Offshore Finance Bank has sent an application for International Clearance and Anti-Terrorist Clearance Certificate of your funds.

Thank you for your interest in STANDARD INTERTRUST EQUITY OFFSHORE FINANCE BANK.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Raymond Briston -MD
For: International Remittance Department
Managing Director
Direct Office +44-707-708-9747 Press 2
Standard Intertrust Equity Offshore Finance Bank

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