419 scam: "VICTORIA ANDERSON"<victoria.zenithonline@yahoo.ie> Re: Hello.

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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)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "international remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "inland revenue" (Tax offices mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. Even after you pay their fake tax demands you will still not receive the non-existent funds you have been promised. )
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- +447024052309 (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.
- victoria.zenithonline@ukcentre.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "VICTORIA ANDERSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andersonvic@outlook.com>
Date: Mon, 27 Oct 2014 07:57:47 +0100
Subject: Re: Hello.

DEAR SIR/MADAM,

I am Mrs Victoria Anderson, the director of Audit and Account Unit, International Remittance Department of British Fund Monitoring Unit London United Kingdom (UK) No. 286 Euston Road, London NW1 3UH. United Kingdom. I am reaching you in regards to an investment I personally intent to do through our correspondence bank {zenith bank UK limited} with you/your company considering your wealth of experience on this particular field.

I need your urgent assistance in transferring the sum of Fifteen Million and Five Hundred Thousand United Kingdom pounds sterlings (15.5 GBP) immediately to any designate account under your care/custody. The fund has been dormant (in-active) for 10 years in our organisation (British Fund Monitoring Unit) correspondence account with Zenith Bank UK limited without any legal beneficiary coming for it, considering the circumstance that faced the dormant fund without the next of kin. I wish to let you know that this fund payment 15.5milion GBP legally and legitimately belong to our deceased customer Mr Andreas Schranner (the owner of the account) who died along with his supposed next of kin in the air crash since 31st July 2000. Ever since that crash incidence, nobody has come for the recovery of the fund payment either as a beneficiary or next of kin to the beneficiary.

As a clerical account officer then to late Mr Andreas Scharnner and presently the audit and remittance director to British Fund Monitoring Unit UK, the bank has assigned me the authority to look for any available next of kin to late Mr Andrea Schranner who would come over for the collection of the deposited fund urgently, otherwise they will confiscate the funds to the bank treasury. I don't want the fund to go into the Bank Treasury as an abandoned fund; this is the reason why I am contacting you. I want to front you as the legal next of kin and appointed beneficiary to the fund payment valued £15.5 million GBP, so that Zenith Bank UK in injunction with British Fund Monitoring Unit UK will release the fund to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer.

I directly and personally have all the necessary back up document and other necessary papers to support the successful release of the fund to you without delay provided you agree to work with me and strictly take my professional advice and official directives to actualise the fund to your/our custody. You can freely visit and browse the website below to have a better understanding of the crash and Mr Andrea schranner:

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Please, I would like you to get back to me if you wish to handle this transaction with me or delete it if you are not interested. Upon receipt of your reply, I will provide you with necessary back of documents and further details to successfully actualize the fund to your custody without any risk involved. I would guard you with my professional advice and direct supervision. I have willingly agreed to share the fund with you in the ratio or 50/50, which is 7.5million GBP each. The extra 500,000GBP has been stipulated for all necessary expenses which we may incur on the course of process and recovering of the fund payment deposit into your nominated account custody.

Best Regards,

MRS VICTORIA ANDERSON

BRITISH FUND MONITORING UNIT
British Inland Revenue Commission
286 Euston Road, London NW1 3UH
TEL: +44-702-405-2309
FAX: +44-702-403-3225
EMAIL: anderson.zenithonline@outlook.com
EMAIL: victoria.zenithonline@ukcentre.com

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