419 scam: "Mrs.Sekinat Ribadu (Hon.)"<paymentdept@cbn.org> Immediate Release Of Your Payment.

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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:
- "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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
- "inter_remittance3@yahoo.cn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +2348078900964 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Sekinat Ribadu (Hon.)" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <inter_remittance3@yahoo.cn>
Date: Fri, 27 Apr 2007 21:10:30 -0700
Subject: Immediate Release Of Your Payment.

Attention

This message is coming from the senate president of the federal republic of Nigeria, after the meeting held with the new president of the federal republic of Nigeria DR. Jonathan Good luck, regarding all foreign payments, both in Nigeria and outside country, as the senate president, I have been mandated to handle all the foreign payments.

However, we have got allot of reports about your payment which you have been pursuing for so many years now, but to no avail, we know that allot of people have used the name of the top officials of the Nigeria government to defraud you, also so many people have claimed to be managers of different banks here in Nigeria, to swindle money from you.

We are very much aware of these things, and we are working on it seriously to put a stop to all this mess, as the payment Director i have set security everywhere, regarding payment in Nigeria, I have decided to bring all foreign payments, both inheritance payment and contract payment to my desk, so that I will take a good look of all this payment problems, I am cognizance of the fact that you have lost allot of money in the past in pursuance of your payment.

Have it in mind that the total sum of your fund we saw from the original inheritance payment file is (5,000,000.00) Five Million Dollars, we assured you that you are going to receive this payment, through our ATM Master Card that will be sent to your door step over there in your country.kindly responding back to this message, this is a message that will bring back good life to your life, also to start a new beginning, all this ordeal you have gone through will come to an end if only you can believe, note that he that laugh last laugh best.

Call me for more discussion on my direct telephone number: 234-8078900964.

Finally, do not disclose this payment to anybody, because we are very much aware that you have been dealing with unscrupulous elements for a long time, we do not want them to have any idea of this payment method, to avoid hackers getting information of this payment.

Do reconfirm your information and send to my office inter_remittance3@yahoo.cn .

(1) Your Full Name:
(2)Contact Address:
(3)Age:
(4)Phone &mobile:
(5)Occupation:
(6) Personal Identification.Drivers license or International Passport.

Thanks.

Mrs.Sekinat Ribadu (Hon.)
Secretary to the Presidency

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