419 scam: Mr Johnson Wasely <test@powerintegration.ma> IMMEDIATE PAYMENT THROUGH ONLINE BANKING

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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:
- "lagos" (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: Mr Johnson Wasely <test@powerintegration.ma>
Reply-To: <jjwasely@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 16 Apr 2015 22:13:28 -0700
Subject: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT THROUGH ONLINE BANKING

FIRST BANK OF NIGERIA

LAGOS, NIGERIA.

Attn : Dear valued customer,

I write to inform you that we are now making payments to all our customers who has been unable to receive their payment all these past years and you are among those for these payment. According to my file here your outstanding payment is $25 million and the reason for this delay is because of the malpractices we discovered among our staffs who were handling your payment. In this reason we decided to put on hold your payment till the impostors were arrested who were collecting money from people wrongly. I am now the new Director of foreign payment. We are now making payment only through online account. We will open an online account in your name and send to you the username and password so that you can now transfer to any any account of your choice. The following is needed for your payment and account creation:

1. Your Name

2. Address

3. Phone number where you can be reached

4. Your drivers licence or international passport (scanned copy only)

5. Name of Who you want to be your next of kin

Send to me immoderately so that your file will be screened and your payment sent to you.Please note that you have only 2 weeks from now to conclude your payment.

Thank you.

Mr Johnson Wasely

For: First bank of Nigeria

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