419 scam: "OFFICE OF ACTING GOVERNOR." <cbn.inspectioncommission787@gmail.com> RE: IMMEDIATE INHERITANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT #:V/NINIC/FGN/MIN/00

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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:
- "western union" (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. )
- "mtcn" (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. )
- "the consignment" (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)
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +2348166294234
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.
- central7676@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "OFFICE OF ACTING GOVERNOR." <cbn.inspectioncommission787@gmail.com>
Reply-To: central7676@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 05 Jun 2014 09:21:44 -0500
Subject: RE: IMMEDIATE INHERITANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT #:V/NINIC/FGN/MIN/00

OFFICE OF ACTING GOVERNOR
CENTRAL BANK OF BENIN
TINUBU SQUARE, VICTORIA ISLAND,
Contoun Benin
Direct Line: +2348166294234

RE: IMMEDIATE INHERITANCE PAYMENT CONTRACT #:V/NINIC/FGN/MIN/00

After our meeting today concerning your unclaimed fund in this Apex
bank, I was instructed to contact by the board of directors and the
senate committee on foreign matters.

Before I proceed, I decided to stop communication with you because you
have always doubted all my words which I gave to you and decide to
follow the instructions of hoodlums and impersonators who are only
interested in extorting money out from you and use you as their prey.
I want to ask you a question and do not be offended ?since you stop
communication with me and prefer to follow the impostors rather than
me, have you finally received your fund? Is there any hope that you
will receive the fund in near future if you continue to follow their
instructions?

The board and senate committee has been asking me why I returned your
fund to the Government reserve account without your knowledge and I
have given them the reason, to allow you follow the hoodlums and know
what the outcome will be and to see if you will follow my instructions
this time.

Anyway, I decided to contact you and to alert you on the status of
your fund, during our meeting today on the round-table with the
Presidency and senate president including the Minister for Finance, I
have been advised to contact and to make sure that your fund is
transferred to you before the closure of the payment system in no
distance time. The ball is now in your court as I have been advised to
allow you choose the way the fund can be getting to you which will be
easy for you and stress free which are as follows:

1) Do you authorize me to continue in the Swift wire transfer
process, if you choose that, you will be needed to come down here to
sign your original hard copies and if you will be unable to come, I
can dispatch the documents to your doorstep through a certified
courier company which will cost $890

2) Can the fund be sent to you through diplomatic process? There
letting the fund into a trunk box as a consignment which will be
declared as a family treasure in other for the customs not to
intervene into the consignment box which will be sent to your doorstep
by the diplomatic means which will cost $97

3) Can you travel to Spain so that we can re-lodge the fund to our
affiliate bank, whereby you will be there in present and witness the
transfer of your fund in your presence? If yes you will be going there
with charge of $700 to witness transferred in bank.

4) We can also package the funds in an ATM card and deliver it to your
doorstep and this will cost $55 only.

These details and update was instructed and given during the
round-table meeting held hours ago and you are requested to comply and
respond to this letter as urgent as possible.
Kindly use below name to send any of the option you mean choose
through western union money transfer and get back to me immediately
Receiver name : Rose Egini
Address :....Benin
Text Question:.....sent
Answers :......yes
MTCN:......
Strictly follow my instructions.
Thanks for your anticipation and understanding.
Yours Sincerely,
Congratulation!
Dr Sarah Alade,
OFFICE OF ACTING GOVERNOR.
Direct Line: +2348166294234
Contact central7676@gmail.com

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