419 scam: "Alfred Davenport"<s09653@csccss.com.tw> Release approval

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- +447024093908 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- adavenport.fca@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Alfred Davenport" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Adavenport.fca@financier.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Mar 2014 00:08:21 -0700
Subject: Release approval

Dear Sir/Madam,

RE: COMPENSATION APPROVAL OF US$4,650,000:00

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has just received official directives from the World Bank Group to pay compensation to you in the exact value of US$4,650,000:00) Four Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars accordingly. In this regard the FCA is obliged to honour this payment directive as received from the World Bank Group. According to the aforementioned directive this amount must be carved from the treasury department of the European Union and as the United Kingdom being a member nation, the FCA is Ready, Willing and Able (RWA) to comply with the directive accordingly.

To begin with the compensation payment process, the FCA humbly requests that you desist from any further communication with your past operators be it financial institution, bank or security company to avoid any complicity that may arise during the cause of this compensation payment transaction. First and foremost there is need for us to accredit your bank account, making it credible for the purpose that it would be used in receiving this compensation payment to enable this payment being intercepted during the course of transfer by international regulatory bodies.

Once this accreditation of your receiving bank account is in place, your receiving bank account would be readily creditable with the compensation funds in the exact amount of (US$4,650,000:00) Four Million Six Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars only. In addition, the accreditation process attracts an application form which will be forwarded to you upon response to this mail.

Kindly contact me immediately via my direct details below for further clarification

Thank you and God Bless

Yours sincerely,

Alfred Davenport
Acting Chief Operating Officer
Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)
25 The North Colonnade Canary Wharf
London E14 5HS,
United Kingdom
T: +44 702 409 3908
E: Adavenport.fca@financier.com

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