419 scam: "Mrs. Regina F. Gilbert" <roanita.ap@gmail.com> REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $2.500,000.00 USD.

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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:
- "consignment " (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)
- "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.
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.
- bankplceco20@yahoo.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Regina F. Gilbert" <roanita.ap@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bankplceco20@yahoo.fr
Date: Thu, 19 Feb 2015 10:06:18 -0800
Subject: REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $2.500,000.00 USD.

ATTN:Dear,

SCAMMED VICTIM/$2.500,000 BENEFICIARIES
REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654 $2.500,000.00 USD
Email:==== bankplceco20@yahoo.fr

This is to bring to your notice that I am delegated from the United
Nations To Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims $2.500,000.00 USD
(Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) each.

You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed
victims to be paid this amount, get back to me as soon as possible for
the immediate payments of your $2.500,000.00 USD compensations funds.
On this faithful recommendations, I want you to know that during the
last U.N. meetings held at Cotonou, Benin Republic, it was alarmed so
much by the world in the meetings on the lose of funds by various
individuals to the scams artists operating in syndicates all over the
world today.

In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body is now paying 150 victims
of this operators $2.500,000.00 USD each in accordance with the U.N.
recommendations. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in
Benin Republic, the payments are to be paid by Central Bank Benin as
corresponding paying bank under funding assistance by The Rabo Bank,
London for funds remittance. Benefactor will be cleared and
recommended for payment by ECO BANK PLC Benin.

According to the number of applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has
been paid, half of the victims are from the United States, we still
have more 36 left to be paid the compensations of $2.500,000.00 USD
each. Your particulars was mentioned by one of the Syndicates who was
arrested as one of their victims of the operations, you are hereby
warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to him for any
reason what so ever as the U.S. secret service is already on trace of
the other criminals.

So keep it secret till they are all apprehended. Other victims who
have not been contacted can submit their application as well for
scrutiny and possible consideration. You can receive your
compensations payments via any of this options you Choose,
DRAFT/CHECK/ATM CARD/CASH CONSIGNMENT PAYMENTS or WIRE TRANSFERS. I
shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. KARIM OSILE PATRICK

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