419 scam: Bank of Communications Co Ltd <hjdeliveryagent04@gmail.com> Bank of Communications Co Ltd

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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:
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "fmfpolicy@outlook.com" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Bank of Communications Co Ltd <hjdeliveryagent04@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bfcomm@live.com
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 21:19:32 +0100
Subject: Bank of Communications Co Ltd

Bank of Communications Co Ltd
Financial Services London
Address: 4th Floor, 1 Bartholomew Lane,
London EC2N 2AX, U.K.

Good day

We are hereby to inform you we the instruction we received from the
World Bank and IMF to pay $500,000 to you has compensation fee which
you have been trying to receive from Africa and with all your effort
there was no success. All our investigation we discovered that this
fund was originated from Africa Nigeria and you are going to receive
this fund in next 2hours.

All you have to do right now is to contact the Honorable
Co-coordinating Minister for the Economy and Hon. Minister of Finance
Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala on the information below.

Federal Ministry of Finance (FMF)
Ahmadu Bello Way, Central Business District
Abuja, Nigeria
Mrs. Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala
Co-coordinating Minister for the Economy and Hon. Minister of Finance
Email: fmfpolicy@outlook.com

She will issue you an Immunity transfer tags and that will enable us
credit your account immediately within less than 24hours without
anymore requirement or obligation.

Thanks.

Dongping Yang
Chief Risk Officer
Bank of Communications UK.

Disclaimer

This email is confidential. If you are not the addressee please
contact Bank of Communications London ("BOC") hotline number
immediately and destroy this email without using, sending or storing
it. Emails are not secure and may suffer errors, viruses, delay,
interception and amendment. BOC its holding company and subsidiaries
("BOCGroup") does not accept liability for damage caused by this
email. This email is not an offer, solicitation, recommendation or
agreement of any kind.

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