419 scam: Bank Jane <vj876508@gmail.com> Greetings,

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "is highly confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "sani abacha" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- jane_bban22@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Bank Jane <vj876508@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Bank Jane <jane_bban22@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Jan 2015 10:41:52 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Greetings,

Â Greetings,

I am Ms.Bank Jane, I have been a financial consultant at capitec bank,Standard chartered bank,chase manhattan bank and am currently in the UK with Barclays bank working on the stash funds in some secret accounts of heads of government of different countries outside the EU and the USA.I just stumbled into an account of a late General Sani Abacha and Saif al-Islam Gaddafi. The fund is approximately $56,000,000 [Fifty-six million dollars]. The US government's Kleptocracy Asset Recovery Initiative and Britain are complying to freeze their assets and also seeks to freeze five corporate entities registered in the British virgin Island. This fund is yet to be discovered.

Please, note that we have been careful and have worked out all the modalities for a smooth transfer of this fund to your chosen designated account before contacting you. Please be rest assured that this transaction is 100% risk-free. If this proposal is acceptable by you, please contact me through my personal e-mail address jane_bban22@hotmail.com for further information on this transaction.Please your favorable reply is urgently needed. This information is highly confidential and urgent.
therefore I wish to make an immediate secret transfer of this fund to your account. please provide me your following details.

I.Details of a valid international passport

Ii.An operational bank account number,name of bank and swift code
III.A current telephone number

If I can get the above from you then all necessary documentation will be done.
Then I will forward an agreement written by my attorney for you to sign accepting to pay half into my own account i will provide later.

Regards,
Bank Jane

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