419 scam: Mr.Joseph Nnanna <josephonnana@yahoo.com> Kindly verify & authenticate the content herein.

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "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 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.
- josephnnannao@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.Joseph Nnanna <josephonnana@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: josephonanna@yahoo.com
Date: 11 Aug 2016 11:45:23 +0000
Subject: Kindly verify & authenticate the content herein.

Dear Beneficiary,

I want to know if you authorised Mr. Jonas Altidor of 112 Alden st city, Malden, USA to claim your funds valued at US$5.2 Million?

I want you to confirm this information immediately you receive this email so that, we will not transfer your funds in wrongly if you are not aware of his claim.

As a matter of urgency get back to us via return email, as to enable us know if to stop the fund transfer or not. He is about to pay all the fund with-holding charges to enahnce the funds release into his bank account but we need to confirm from you first before transferring the funds into his account within 48banking hours.

Below are his bank account as tendered by him:

Navy Federal Credit Union
P.O. BOX 3100, Merrifield, VA 22119 USA.
Username: 9540365
Password: 5621344@zt
Security question & answer: withheld by us.

Respondvia email: josephnnannao@yahoo.com

Kind regards,

Joseph O. Nnanna
Deputy Governor, Financial System Stability
Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN).

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