419 scam: "Eng.John F. Bray"<Bray@giga.ocn.ne.jp> Honorable

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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:
- "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 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.
- jfbray58@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Eng.John F. Bray" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jfbray58@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 13:33:10 +0100
Subject: Honorable

Honorable

I am Eng.John F. Bray, Vice Chairman/CEO Reynolds Construction Company (RCC), I write you officially to know if you are willing to sale your Contract/Inheritance information with the Nigerian Government to us since you have not been able to receive your fund.

We understand that your fund has already been declared paid to the Federal Government of Nigeria by the Corrupt Bank/ Government Officials that handled your fund payment, and all this while you have been fighting to receive your fund without knowing that the Corrupt Bank/Government Officials that handled your fund payment diverted your fund to a trading Company in London, and have been trading with your fund on Stocks and Bonds without your knowledge and still frustrating / ripping you off by making you pay bills to frustrate you.

We have very high understanding with the Nigerian Government and we have connection with top financial governing bodies in Nigeria and London. We are making you an offer to sale your Contract/Inheritance information to us, while we pay you directly through one of our offshore banking accounts and go for the fund with the information which you will give us. This is a kind of Debt Buy-Back which is a legitimate transaction world over. It is apply when a party is not able to secure his fund, then you sell to someone who could take risk on it.

I await your response for further details on how to actualise this as it is a win-win thing.

Yours Sincerely.

Eng.John F. Bray
Executive Vice Chairman/CEO.
Reynolds Construction Company.(Nig.) Ltd.
P.M. Box 5059 28 Ebitu Ukiwe Street. Jabi District, Abuja FCT, Nigeria
Email: jfbray58@gmail.com

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