419 scam: "Mr. Femi Adesina"<info@giga.ocn.ne.jp> Attention Fund Owner

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Femi Adesina" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrfemiadesinas@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2017 05:43:18 +0100
Subject: Attention Fund Owner

Attn: Dear Fund Owner,

I am Mr. Femi Adesina, the spokesman to President Muhammadu Buhari of Federal Republic of Nigeria, I write to inform you that ''WAIVER'' has been granted to you in respect of the payment of your over-due fund Valued at US$10.5M.

Your name and email are among the shortlisted beneficiaries that are receiving their approved $10.5M fund in this ''Third Quarter Payment of the year 2017''

All fees,charges or bills placed on you by the banks and all other government functionaries over the payment of your fund has been ''waived away'' by the President, President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR.

You are advised to send all your personal details such as Full Names, address, Cell phone Number, Company name,Age, Sex ,Your scanned ID and Your receiving banking details for the release of your fund to you. We will proceed immediately we hear from you.

We wait for your immediate response.

Mr. Femi Adesina,
Media and Publicity,
President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR.
Federal Republic of Nigeria..

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