419 scam: billy agha <engrbillyaghannpc2@yahoo.pt> Attention Sir/Ma

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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:
- "hundred thousand american dollars" (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)
- "engrbillyaghannpc2000@yandex.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: billy agha <engrbillyaghannpc2@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: billy agha <engrbillyaghannpc2000@yandex.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2015 15:45:10 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Attention Sir/Ma

Â Attention Sir/Ma,

It is my great pleasure contacting you today, My name is Engr. Billy
Agha,GED, Engineering and Technical Directorate Nigerian National Petroleum
Corporation( NNPC)I am happy to write you today, Could you please allow
me to place some funds into your Bank Account for safekeeping/future
investment?

The funds in question is my personal funds Twenty One Million Five
Hundred Thousand American Dollars ($21.5M),I have an urgency to move the funds
out from my present foreign bank account to your Bank Account for
security reasons' am a civil servant and (A TOP GOVERNMENT OFFICIAL),
it is unlawful in my country for any civil servant to operate foreign bank
account.

Once I obtain your confidence, I will appraise you with full details
and I am offering you 30% of the total funds for your assistance, while 5% of
the above said funds has been set aside to defray any unforeseen
expenses incurred on actualizing the movement of the funds into your bank
account.

Be informed that it might require that you travel to the holding bank
for the signing of the fund release documents as the CLAIMANT/BENEFICIARY
to this above deposited funds, the documents to legally position you to do
so will be prepared and transmitted to you.

I request that you provide me with your telephone and fax numbers to
enable us discuss further on this transaction.

Hope hearing from you soon via my private Email
engrbillyaghannpc2000@yandex.com.

But i strictly advise that you treat this matter as "HIGHLY
CONFIDENTIAL FOREVER" and if you are not comfortable
with this business information, I advise that you back-out
immediately!!!.

Yours truly,

Engr. Billy Agha.
(GED,ETD NNPC)

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