419 scam: REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT <geraldfreemann@gmail.com> PAYMENT FILE NO:FRDMC-APRXX-NG11-X16

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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.
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)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned 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.
- +2348061325997 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- info.forengnremittance.dep1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT <geraldfreemann@gmail.com>
Reply-To: info.forengnremittance.dep1@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Jun 2016 18:53:58 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT FILE NO:FRDMC-APRXX-NG11-X16

OFFICE OF THE PAYMASTER GENERAL
FOREIGN REMITTANCE/DEBT MANAGEMENT COMMITTEE OFFICE
FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY WUSE ZONE 11, ABUJA NIGERIA
TEL: +234 8061325997
EMAIL:info.forengnremittance.dep1@gmail.com

Our Ref:...................................
Your Ref:..................................

PAYMENT FILE NO:FRDMC-APRXX-NG11-X16

Sir,
This letter is from The FOREIGN REMITTANCE /DEBT MANAGEMENT
COMMITTEE OFFICE, on Fund Management and Payment newly inaugurated by
the World Financial

Services Authority of The World Bank.

My Name is Mr.Wilson Pits, newly posted to Nigeria from the
International Monetary Fund United Kingdom, because of the fraudulent
activities of some of the

officials at the Central Bank of Nigeria and our United Kingdom
office,I have been directed to observe the payment of foreign
beneficiaries on contract funds

and inheritance claim funds.

Also in line with the Anti-corruption crusade of the President
Muhammadu Buhari,of Nigeria by this email notification to stop any
contact regarding to your

illegal transaction with some hoodlums/ fraudsters in Nigeria,which we
have strategies during the just concluded summit.

Presently, we have employed a strategy to remit sanity and vow to
terminate the activities of this fraudsters by consolidating our
security Network all over

the country in view to monitor all outgoing and incoming communication
to enable us fish out and avert all illegal /suspicious transaction
both domestically

and internationally respectively. More so, it occurs that some of our
Financial Institutions (Bank) serve as a Condit pipe by which this
fraudsters use to

perpetrate the undo crime both in Nigeria and other part of Africa.

Kindly reconfirm the following details below for onward payment release:

(1)Full Name
(2)Contact Address
(3)Direct Telephone and Fax
(4)Private email for further communications
(5)Occupations
(6)Sex and Age
(7)I:D Drivers License Or International Passport

It is very urgently that you re-confirm the above requested detail's
for payment processing without any further delay.

THANKS FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED CO-OPERATION AND UNDERSTANDING.

YOURS SINCERELY,
MR.WILSON PITS

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