419 scam: CBN BANK <"wwww.w."@basil.ocn.ne.jp> confirm your account payment of 10.5million.

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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: CBN BANK <"wwww.w."@basil.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: CBN BANK <philipadamsffice@hotmail.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Oct 2017 18:27:42 +0900 (JST)
Subject: confirm your account payment of 10.5million.

Dare: Customer,

We want to know if you send anybody to receive your INHERITANCE MONEY OF (10.5MILLION DOLLARS) from Central Bank of Nigeria and his name is Mr. Benjamin Rodriguez. He told us that you are dead and a cousin of you. So we need to confirm from you if that you are dead as he made us believe. The Governor of this Bank CBN asked us to contact you for full confirmation because we have been inviting him to come over personally but we haven't seen him. If we donâ€™t hear from you in two days time, then we have to assume that really, you are dead. Please if you are live try to confirm this account information his your own.

Account Name: Mr. Benjamin Rodriguez
Bank Name: DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited,
16/F, The Centre, 99 Queenâ€™s Road Central, Central, Hong Kong
Bank code: 016 â€“ Branch code: 494
SWIFT Code: DHBKHKHH
Account Number: 4705804730

I am waiting for your urgent reply.

Best Regards,

Mr. Frank Chukwu
Director Foreign Remittance {CBN}

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