419 scam: Miss Mercy Egobia <Office7@kkkhh.my.vg> IMPORTANT IMFORMATION

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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:
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing 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.
- +2348026304087 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Miss Mercy Egobia <Office7@kkkhh.my.vg>
Reply-To: <officialldesk1@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Mar 2016 14:11:59 +0100
Subject: IMPORTANT IMFORMATION

Attn: Beneficiary,

I am Miss Mercy Egobia, a computer scientist with central bank of Nigeria.I am 26 years old,just started work with C.B.N. I came across your file which was marked X and your released disk painted RED,I took time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and certificate but the fund $9.5M has not been release to you. The most annoying thing is they cannot tell you the truth, no account will they ever release the fund to you, instead they let you spend money unnecessarily.

I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I can release this fund to you if you can certify me of my security, and how I can run away from this Nigeria if I do this, because if I don't run away from this country after i made the transfer, I will be seriously in trouble and my life will be in danger. Please its a big risky because they has sited on the funds and making use of the interest for years, you may not understand how risky its.

The only thing I will need to release this fund is a special HARD DISK we call it HD120 GIG. I will buy two of it, recopy your information, destroy the previous one, punch the computer to reflect in your bank within 24 banking hours. I will clean up the tracer and destroy your former file, Please assured me of maximum security.

SPECIAL INFORMATION:

YOU WILL SEND THE FEE FOR THE HARD DISK FIRST BEFORE I MAKE YOUR TRANSFER OR YOU BUY THE HARD DISK IN YOUR COUNTRY AND SEND IT TO ME, BEAR IN MIND THAT THERE IS NO WAY THE TRANSFER CAN BE DONE WITHOUT THE TWO HARD DISK. AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE DISK WILL COST YOU UNLESS YOU WILL BUY FROM THERE AND SEND. Do get in touch with me immediately you receive this email, You should send to me your convenient tell/fax numbers for easy communications and also forward any of your identification to confirm with the one in your transfer files, to avoid mistake on transfer.

Phone conversation, please call me on: +234-802-630-4087

Regards,
Miss Mercy Egobia.
CBN COMPUTER SCIENTIST

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