419 scam: Abba Kyari <fr17@fdgdfee.id.vg> YOUR PAYMENT

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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:
- "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
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.
- 2349093621073
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.
- abkyari7@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Abba Kyari <fr17@fdgdfee.id.vg>
Reply-To: <cos@statehse-gov.com>
Date: Fri, 13 May 2016 15:14:47 +0100
Subject: YOUR PAYMENT

Dear Sir,

My name is Abba Kyari,Chief of Staff to the President of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, Major General Muhammadu Buhari.

As you must be aware the president since assumption of office has consistently
expressed his zero tolerance for corruption which has culminated in the recovery and repatriation of stolen public funds through the assistance of our Foreign partners.The President has devoid of any bureaucratic procedures that characterized the last regime has appointed me to supervise foreign payments to our beneficiaries.

As the trusted head of his kitchen cabinet, I have vetted and listed your payment
for immediate priority attention based on your claim viz-a-viz the extortion you have been subjected to by both our local and foreign government official and financial correspondent institutions alike.

Void of the usual complicated bureaucratic procedures, upon your reply to
acknowledge this notification, I will order your immediate direct payment transfer through the Nigerian Sovereign Fund Account of the Federal Ministry of Finance under my supervision.

You are also advised by this email not to advance funds to any persons with respect to your payment while you forward the names,email addresses and evidence of payments you have made to these impostors and fraudsters.

Further details will be issued to you upon receiving your reply and call via my
direct telephone number:

You may reach me on my direct email: abkyari7@gmail.com or cos@statehse-gov.com

Regards
Abba Kyari
Chief of Staff to the President(COS)
& Commander In Chief of the
Armed Forces
Tel: 234-90-93621073

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