419 scam: "JOHN GRIFFITH-JONES"<mrkob@mrkob.com> $ FCA RATIFICATION

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- jodavidson1959@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "JOHN GRIFFITH-JONES" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jodavidson1959@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2016 19:27:38 -0200
Subject: $ FCA RATIFICATION

THE FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY
25 THE NORTH COLONNADE,
CANARY WHARF, LONDON E14 5HS UK

RE: FCA RATIFICATION FOR PAYMENT

It has come to the notice of the Financial Conduct Authority, London that the sum of US$15 Million has been credited in your name for telegraphic wire transfer to your bank account and is currently refer to as an unclaimed fund because of discrepancies towards the ratification.

The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is an independent non-governmental body; given statutory powers by the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000.We regulate the financial services industry in the UK. The FCA is accountable to Treasury Ministers and through them to Parliament.

Under the stipulated law of the government of Great Britain and other member countries of the United Nations, funds up to certain amount that is floating in the International Banking Financial Data Base waiting to be transferred without claims for a period of 6 months or more, shall be confiscated and forfeited. We do hereby ask you to contact the below assigned person who is in charge of your fund immediately for ratification of this payment or consider your fund confiscated.

Name: JONATHAN DAVIDSON
(Director,sUPERVISIONS, FCA)
Email: jodavidson1959@gmail.com

We are required to transfer your fund by wire transfer to your bank account in a period not more than 20 days. If you fail to get back to us for the process involved in releasing the fund, you will leave us with no further option than to confiscate the payment indefinitely. If you require any further assistance on this subject please, do not hesitate to ask the Director,Supervisions for clarification.

We appreciate your co-operation.

Yours sincerely,

JOHN GRIFFITH-JONES
CHAIRMAN, FINANCIAL CONDUCT AUTHORITY.

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