419 scam: CORIS BANK <officellelel@yahoo.co.jp> CORIS BANK (C.A)

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "cotonou" (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: CORIS BANK <officellelel@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: CORIS BANK <online.bantransfer@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 18:10:09 +0900 (JST)
Subject: CORIS BANK (C.A)

Re: Payment of Inheritance via online banking transfer systems Vide Circular No: EC/11/09/8537W

Your immediate attention is hereby drawn to the circular referenced above. Please be informed that following: CORIS BANK Council Resolution No. EC/10023/FM48/PED-7/11, the court/ministry justice and Finance Office have been directed to transfer this payment due to the inheritance beneficiary here above referred. Following the mandate, the fortunes calculated at prevailing exchange rate to date, and valued at, Five Million united state dollars ($5,000,000.00) independent of online banking. In the meeting, lots of procedures were discussed and finally we were able to come up with the bellow details:

We are assuring you that there will no complicating protocols to undergo before receiving your fund, and I hope you will tremendously embrace it with humble and an appreciating heart.

Due to the shortage of foreign currency and the inabilities to pay you through a telex bank to bank transfers, we have resolved that you contact our Bank manager (CORIS BANK) for official clearance/Remittance of your Fund with no liens or encumbrances with their Online banking transfer systems which the bank will issue the bank login details to monitor/or track the transferring online until the funds digest into your bank account within 24 hours, and their contact information is as follows:

Name: CORIS BANK (C.A)
Address:No10 Lomnava Senade Cotonou Benin Republic
Contact Name: HON. HILLARY JERIA

The legislator had given an ultimatum to pay you within 24 hours.

Best Regards

CORIS BANK

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