419 scam: "EVANGELIST EVANS SMITH"<test@mossport.ru> ABOUT YOUR DELAY PAYMENT IN AFRICA

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
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.
- +2348060829774 (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.
- mrevans_smith@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "EVANGELIST EVANS SMITH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <leonwitter4@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Dec 2016 14:47:24 +0100
Subject: ABOUT YOUR DELAY PAYMENT IN AFRICA

PERSONAL AND CONFIDENTIAL

Dear friend in Christ

In accordance to my religious persuasion, I feel expedient to write and inform you on the wicked conspiracy being hatched by my boss the Central Bank Governor in conjunction with his colleagues in the Nigeria to divert your payment of USD$3.5M to their designated account in Europe.

From my position as a personal assistant, I discovered that they have a plan in place to move your payment in conspiracy with some officials of Oceanic Bank Plc and Nat west Bank Plc to London. In the past week they succeeded in diverting the funds of another contractor like your good self to Banco Italiano in ITALY. Today I found out through my superiors personal computer data base that they are about to reroute your fund to International Credit Liaison BANK Germany.

With this I feel that it is important for me to alert you on this development, they are still using your name and contract identification number as the beneficiary but they have changed your account co-ordinate that is why they are frustrating you by asking for money. This is all you need to confirm that I am revealing the truth to you concerning your dealings down here with these conspirators.

I have the reference number of the transaction and I will direct you to contact the Chairman, of the newly inaugurated Presidential Debt Relief Committee on Foreign and Local Debt Payments, Dr. James Oti. This man is a God fearing person and he works directly under the authority of the Newly Elected President our Nigeria and his authority supersedes any previous arrangement you had with this criminally minded Government officials in the past regime.

You are here advised to reach him via his official email address: presidentialadviser@ymail.com : +234 8060829774 from the hours of 9. 00 am to 7. 00 pm daily. He will guarantee that you receive your payment within 24 hours..

I will advise you to maintain all communications with me only by email: mrevans_smith@yahoo.com I would not want any information of our communication to be revealed to anyone down as they may try to harm me for exposing their evil deeds. I would further expose them by forwarding the proof that I have about their criminal activities to the Economic and Financial Crime Commission in due cause for them to be brought to book. I would advice you to proceed to open correspondence secretly with Dr. James Oti without disclosing any information about what you now know to these people to avoid them from making sure that you do not receive your payment. Once you open correspondence with him let me know so that I can provide any information you may need from your filing records.

I do not need any gratification from you either in cash or kind. I am only doing this in the name of Almighty God that I serve. I can never be a part of evil because the bible said YE SHALL KNOW THE TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE. Please respect my discretion in this matter, you can send an email to me via mrevans_smith@yahoo.com so that I can give you the real reference number on your payment file. I repeat, please do not expose me to these people for my safety. I cannot contend with these criminally minded individuals because the can eliminate me.

You are warned in your own best interest to deceased from dealing with your past contacts as regards you payment as it will only result in you loosing your payment. I WOULD ADVICE YOU TO FOLLOW OUR ADVICE AND ACT SWIFTLY TO ENABLE YOU SAVE YOUR PAYMENT.

God bless you.

Yours truly,

REV. DR. EVANS SMITH

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