419 scam: "Mr. Tony Ebere" Important Notice From First Republic Bank Fannin?

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "million 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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Tony Ebere"
Reply-To: <firstbrf15@yandex.com>
Date: Mon, 28 Dec 2015 21:38:39 -0300
Subject: Important Notice From First Republic Bank Fannin?

First Republic Bank Fannin
1020 Holcombe Boulevard
Houston, Texas 77025, USA.
Phone: +1 281 929 8691
E-Mail: firstbrf15@yandex.com

Dear Sir/Madam

My Name Is Mr. Mike Zulu, the Account Officer First Republic Bank Fannin.

I write this letter On behalf of my two other colleagues in our department to ask for your assistance to carry out this transaction. We discovered some amount of money abandoned in our bank sum of $20M (Twenty million Dollars).

This money belongs to Late Mr. David Wilkinso From Berlin Germany This man is one of our customers that Executed a contract and died in a plane crash and died with his entire family in 2002 .We have advertised for his next of kin or relation to stand for this money, nobody surfaced to apply to claim the money. In this situation, I and my colleagues decided to look for a trusted foreigner that can stand as the next of kin and claim this money.

We said all this things because this customer was a foreigner and we don't want this money to go into the bank's treasure account as unclaimed fund. We intend to share this amount as follows: 65% for I And my colleagues, 30% for youâ€™re and 5% for any contingencies. We expect this deal to be completed within 14 (fourteen) working days, and all our transaction shall be in accordance with the laws and procedures on international remittance of fund. Please, for the privacy of this transaction, I will advise that all contacts be through Phone and Fax: for the time being.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I
stated. Hoping to hearing from you soon.
I need these items, NAME... ADDRESS..... TEL... FAXLINE...
PROFESSION... AGE... SEX.......

Thanks for your co-operation

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Mike Zulu
Account Officer (FRBF)

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