419 scam: stefan peter <office.financial.monetary.unit@gmail.com> OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL INTELLIGENT

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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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: stefan peter <office.financial.monetary.unit@gmail.com>
Reply-To: office.financial.monetary.ut21@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 17 Nov 2014 09:12:26 +0100
Subject: OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL INTELLIGENT

ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF West Africa STATES

OFFICE OF THE FINANCIAL INTELLIGENT MONETARY UNIT

REPRESENTATIVE IN NIGERIA

9 Hon; Justice Mohammed Bello St.

Asokoro Abuja

Ref: EC/AF/0013X.

FROM;THE DESK OF. Dr. Suleiman Bello

THIS OFFICE, THE OFFICE OF THE ECONOMIC COMMUNITY OF West Africa STATES,
WRITE TO INFORM YOU THAT YOUR CONTRACT PAYMENT FILE HAS BEEN FORWARDED TO
MY DESK BY THE CHAIRMAN [FACT FINDING & INVESTIGATION COMMITTEE] FOR
IMMEDIATE VERIFICATION OF YOUR CONTRACT FUND WITH PAYMENT FILE
CODE;CBN/FMF/MSC/02213/2007.FOR TRANSFER.

THEREFORE, BE INFORMED THAT THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN SATISFIED ON OUR
VERIFICATION AND APPROVED YOUR PAYMENT FOR IMMEDIATE TRANSFER. COULD YOU
PLEASE RECONFIRM THE BELOW ACCOUNT INFORMATION PRESENTED TO THIS OFFICE TO
TRANSFER THE TOTAL PAYMENT OF $30.5M APPROVED IN YOUR NAME AS A
BENEFICIARY.

REGIONS BANK

7118 NORTH UNIVERSITY DRIVE

TAMARAC FLORIDA ,USA 33321

ROUTING NUMBER;084000084

ACCOUNT NUMBER; 9601453856.

AS A MATTER OF URGENCY, URGENT RECONFIRMATION OF THE ACCOUNT STATED ABOVE
IS REQUIRED TO ENABLE US TRIGGER THE COMPUTER TELEX WIRE MACHINE FOR
REMITTANCE AND TO AVOID WRONG TRANSFER OF FUNDS AS A RESULT OF
MISINFORMATION CONTRARY.

CONSIDER THIS MESSAGE AS IMPORTANT AND TREAT AS URGENT.

Yours faithfully

Dr. Suleiman Bello

OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR, FINANCIAL INTELLIGENT

MONETARY UNIT

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