419 scam: "KINGSLEY UDARA"<udarakingsley@gmail.com> Your fund was approved this morning by the presidency and Central bank

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

Fraud email example:

From: "KINGSLEY UDARA" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <kingsudara12345@outlook.com>
Date: Sat, 14 Mar 2015 19:19:13 +0100
Subject: Your fund was approved this morning by the presidency and Central bank

Dear Sir/Ma

Your fund has been approved by the presidency and Central bank
but after submitting your name to the remittance department for
transfer, it was discovered that one Mr. Windsor Penny from
Switzerland has submitted an account details and claimed that you
directed that your fund worth $11.5M should be transferred to his
personal account in Switzerland .

Below are the account details he submitted to us.

ACCOUNT.ACCOUNT NAME:

MR.WINDSOR PENNY,
ACCOUNT NO: 202-0000-60233 USD,
BANK NAME: ANZ BANK,
3200 BASEL , SWITZERLAND ,

SWIFT CODE: ANZPUS3XXS.

Please confirm to us immediately if you are the one that give such
directive and the reason for that. But if you are not the one that
authorized such transfer, kindly get back to by confirming your
details.

1) NAME:

2) TELEPHONE,

3) OCCUPATION,

4) AGE

5) FULL ADDRESS.

Sincerely

Dr. KINGSLEY UDARA

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