419 scam: "Mr.David Johnson"<info_unoffice@usa.com> YOUR COMPENSATION REF/PAYMENTS CODE:05565 $1 MILLION USD, REPLY IMMEDIATELY !!

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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:
- "money laundering" ("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. )
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (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.
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.
- +2348079903552 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- johnsonmrdavid@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.David Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnsonmrdavid@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Wed, 11 Apr 2012 10:02:27 +0100
Subject: YOUR COMPENSATION REF/PAYMENTS CODE:05565 $1 MILLION USD, REPLY IMMEDIATELY !!

From: Mr.David Johnson,
Phone:+234-807-990-3552
Email: johnsonmrdavid@yahoo.com.ph

YOUR COMPENSATION REF/PAYMENTS CODE:05565 $1 MILLION USD, REPLY IMMEDIATELY !!

Attn To Found Beneficiary !!

This is to inform you that I came to Nigeria this year from New York United Nations headquarters, after series of complain from the FBI and other Security agencies from almost every part of the globe against Africa, the Federal Government of Nigeria and the United Nations over the rate of scam activities going on in these nations, We are aware that a lot of foreigners out there have been deceived and lost their hard earn money to these fraudsters after promising them percentages in their letters/e-mails for their impending help to move funds out from Africa including fake lottery winning notification and at the end of the day, they will collect thousands of dollars from them without a successful end.

We hereby inform you that the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) United States of America, Scotland Yard Police (Interpol), the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC) of Nigeria and all the African Crime fighter leaders have come together to stop scam/internet fraud in Nigeria and all round Africa.
We have recovered over $4.6 Billion Dollars from the people/impostors we have behind bars. Our duty is to make sure we stop internet scam and money laundering. As for today we have put a lot of fraudsters in jail. We go all over Africa to pick this thieves/internet rats. We have over 9,573 of them in our jails round Africa and we are still looking for more.

On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the last United Nations meetings held recently at Abuja Nigeria with President Goodluck .E. Jonathan of Nigeria, It was agreed that to retain the good image of Nigeria and the rest of African countries, all the victims who lost his/her hard earn money to these faceless thieves will be compensated with just $1,000,000.00 USD (One Million United State dollars).
This we assume will help you to start a new life. Please, you have to accept the money like that because the people (victims) in our pay list are too much. We are paying back from the money we recovered from these fraudsters and we want to make sure that all the victims involved are compensated. Due to the corrupt and inefficient banking systems in Nigeria, the payments are to be paid by Union Bank Of Nigeria as corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by the Central Bank of Nigeria(C.B.N.).

Having met with President Goodluck .E. Jonathan of Nigeria & as directed by our secretary general, Mr. Ban Ki-Moon, We are working in collaborations with the Nigerian Economic & Financial Crime Commission (EFCC) to waive away all the fees/Charges and authorize the Government of Nigeria to effect the payment of your compensation amount of $1,000,000.00 USD (One Million United State dollars) approved by the Nigeria/British government and the UN into your account without any delay.

Sincerely, you are such a lucky person because as I arrived in this country, I went through your fund payment & ownership file to discovered that some top Nigerians and British Government Officials are interested in your fund and they are working in collaboration with officers from USA to frustrate you and thereafter divert your fund into their personal account. You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any body for any reason what so ever, because the US secret service is already on trace of the criminals.

For more vital information please call my direct number:+234-807-990-3552, You can receive your compensations payments via, Account To Account Fast Wire Transfer, I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you, send a copy of your response to my private email: johnsonmrdavid@yahoo.com.ph and call me immediately you receive this urgent message.

Yours faithfully,

Mr.David Johnson,
Phone: +234-807-990-3552
Email: johnsonmrdavid@yahoo.com.ph
Director Union Bank Compensation Payment Department.

N/B: Please call me for your response.

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