419 scam: "MR.KEVIN PAUL"<801235-9@e1.ru> Beneficiary_____

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR.KEVIN PAUL"<801235-9@e1.ru>
Reply-To: 8133012222@e1.ru
Date: Thu, 09 Jun 2016 03:31:23 +0100
Subject: Beneficiary______.

Attention:Beneficiary

Under this PRESIDENT MUHAMMADU BUHARI, I MR.KEVIN PAUL. The New Debt Reconciliation Committee chairman to the Federal Government of Nigeria, write to notify you and your company that your payment file is among the files verified by this honorable committee setup by the office of the Presidency to reconcile beneficiaries whose payments have been long over -due, as efforts to re-brand the image of this country, known as 'New Change' of Nigeria.

During the verification it was discovered that most of you were made to spend huge sums of money in various coordinating offices inside and outside this country and payment not successfully transferred into beneficiaries various accounts.

In this regard, the Change has come; the office of the Presidency decided to call all funds back and ordered direct Payment from the Federation Account with Presidential Order REF NUMBER. FGN-BACXX/2015-01, under this payment "ACT" introduced by the Federal Government, you will receive your payment through (Transfer)

A payment of $10,500,000.00 has been approved to your name and will be credited to your (accounts) as soon as we receive your details below.

(1) YOUR FULL NAME AND ADDRESS (2) YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER (3) YOUR DATE OF BIRTH (4) COUNTRY OF ORIGIN (5) YOUR ACCOUNTS DETAILS.

I look forward to receiving your prompt response to enable the processing of your payment.

MR.KEVIN PAUL.
Chairman Debt Rect. C'mtt.
Federal Republic Of Nigeria

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