419 scam: From The Presidency <williamsjames702@gmail.com> RE: CODE: P/NG/0015...

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million us 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)
- "abuja" (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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348183153667

Fraud email example:

From: From The Presidency <williamsjames702@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <jw0833879@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 09:32:02 +0100
Subject: RE: CODE: P/NG/0015...

--
The Presidency,
Aso Rock,
Garki District Abuja - Nigeria.

RE: CODE NUMBER P/NG/0015

Sequel to the taking over of the Nigerian President Mohammed Buhari in
year
2015, be informed that he has instructed that all outstanding foreign
debt
accruing from INHERITANCE FUNDS, FUNDS TRAPPED IN LOCAL AND FOREIGN
BANKS,
SCAM VICTIMS and its associated cases should be compensated immediately
through this office. We discovered that you were mislead by some
officers
who took advantage of you as a result of demanding one payment after
another from you instead of releasing your funds to you.

You are warned to stop further communication with anybody in respect of
your payment with effect from today if you wish to receive your fund
successfully without further delay. Your payment file is right here with
us
and we have are set to complete your payment immediately as instructed
by
Nigerian President Mohammed Buhari and Ministry of Internal affair, who
has
approved the sum of $500,000.000.00 (Five Hundred Million United States
Dollar Only), to be shared among the affected scam victims all over the
world.

Note: that we have been mandated to issue out $1,000,000.00 (One Million
US
Dollars Only) as a part payment to you for this fiscal year 2015 that
will
be paid through Zenith Bank Plc, Debit ATM Card/Direct Bank transfer to
your designated bank account. If you will like to receive your fund this
week let us know immediately by contacting me upon the receipt of this
notification and also reconfirm the following information.

1. Names:

2. Address:

3. Sex:

4. Age:

5. Occupation:

6. Phone Number:

7. Choose from the two payment option center.

A. ZENITH BANK PLC DIRECT TRANSFER TO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT OF YOUR CHOICE

B. ZENITH BANK PLC DEBIT ATM CARD TO BE DELIVER TO YOUR ADDRESS

While we advise you to stop further communication with anybody with
effect
from today no matter what the person might claim to be so that you don't
lost your hard earned money to impostors again.

We hereby issue you our code of conduct, which is (P/NG/0015) so you
have
to
indicate this code when contacting us by using it as your subject
because
of your last experience.

Yours sincerely,

James Williams
Chairman Debt Reconciliation Committee
Telephone Number: +234 81 83153667

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