419 scam: "Mr. Nikiema A. Nikiema" <user@wanfang.gov.tw> Re: Remittance of USD$4.6 Million RDP..

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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: "Mr. Nikiema A. Nikiema" <user@wanfang.gov.tw>
Reply-To: <ipbnddisc@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2015 19:58:20 +0800
Subject: Re: Remittance of USD$4.6 Million RDP..

Debt Settlement Center.
101, Yakubu Crescent, Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.
P.M.0. 401 Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso.

Re: Remittance of USD$4.6 Million

Sir/Madam,

We have received your payment file jacket from the office of the senate committee on payment of Government and inheritance over due payment fund. We have been advised that the Central Bank, Ministry of finance and other ministries has corruptly mismanaged the payment of your fund. We have been detailed on how many occasions your payment has been approved but you failed to receive your payment after all the money you have spent because of the corruption in the Nigerian financial system.

We have been mandated to scrutinize your payment file jackets and ensure that your fund is deposited into your bank account as soon as possible and it will be processed using the Sophisticated EUROCLEAR Money transfer module and confirmation into your account will be authenticated by Fid wire through A.C.H Automated Clearance House.

We need you to forward your bank account co-ordinate and also your contact address and phone numbers when responding to enable us commence the process of remitting funds to your bank account. This is to enable us carry out the immediate remittance of your fund without any hitch.

Sincerely yours.

Mr. Nikiema A. Nikiema.
Head of Finance,
Debt Settlement Center,
Ouagadougou Burkina Faso.

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