419 scam: "Notary Public of the Federal Republic of Nigeria"<"Nigeria"@giga.ocn.ne.jp> YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FOR PAYMENT

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Notary Public of the Federal Republic of Nigeria" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <republicofnigerianotarypublico@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 23:35:00 -0700
Subject: YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FOR PAYMENT

CHANGE OF YOUR BANK ACCOUNT FOR PAYMENT VALUED US$24 MILLION.

Attn: Please,

In compliance and fulfillment of this year first quarter legal payment Mandate given to this office (Notary Public of the Federal Republic of Nigeria) by the Presidency On Contract Payment And Legal Approval in conjunction with Federal Ministry of Finance to make sure that all outstanding payment of Inheritance/Contract Debts using recovered cash from corrupt politicians as recommended by the World Bank are legally executed without any charge of upfront payment required by a beneficiary by any paying bank, we therefore wish to inform you that this office is making every arrangement with much effort to have your payment legally released into your hands without any charge or upfront charge of any kind.

However, it is a thing of surprise that as we are making all arrangements to affect your payment, we have received several bank details with different account names requesting this office to change your Account Details for receiving your Outstanding Fund.

One of the bank account details is as follows…………

BANK NAME : TSB
BANK ADDRESS : RICHMOND YORKS BRANCH (777155)
2 FRENCHGATE, RICHMOND, NORTH YORKSHIRE,
DL 10 4JG ENGLAND, UNITED KINGDOM.
SWIFT CODE : 777155
ACCOUNT NUMBER : 16160668
IBAN : GB02 LOYD 7771 5516 1606 68
BIC (SWIFT) : LOYDGB21G39
BENEFICIARY : MR ROBERT F. C. BALLARD

Please crosscheck the above bank details and give your consent for the payment into this account.

This request to change your Account was backed by an "Affidavit" with a detailed report claiming you were involved in a fire accident that gutted your House Just Last week and lying critically ill in emergency Unit of Hospital in the United States.

You are therefore advised to confirm directly to this office
if you authorized this change of your receiving Account Details.

We look forward to your prompt response.

Thanks for your Co-operation.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Gbolahan Gbadamosi
republicofnigerianotarypublico@gmail.com
Notary Public of the Federal Republic of Nigeria

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