419 scam: "Mr. J. Johnson" <jehcjohnson9@gmail.com> Re: Confidential message

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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 us 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)
- "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: "Mr. J. Johnson" <jehcjohnson9@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jehcjohnson99@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 19 Jul 2018 13:15:09 +0100
Subject: Re: Confidential message

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*Attn Sir,*

*I am Mr. L. Johnson, the confidential Secretary to the Governor, Central
Bank of Nigeria (CBN) Dr.Godwin Emefiele. I have urgent information about
your payment which is vital to you, if you promise not to betray me.*

*The information is about your outstanding payment with the Federal
Government of Nigeria, which you are supposed to receive before now. My
boss (The CBN governor)and some of his colleagues in other ministries and
local banks that are involved in your transaction has conspired to divert
your fund to their private account overseas and the strategy they employed
is by demanding several unnecessary fees/charges from you which never
reflects in your file, Their only purpose*
*of doing this is to frustrate you so as to abandon your funds thereby
paving ways for them to refer your funds as unclaimed deposit and divert it
to their private accounts overseas.*

*Recently, our President mandated my boss to release partial payment of
your fund to you, but he did not pass the information to you.*

*Please this information I am giving to you is a great risk on my side as
both my life and job are at stake, but I know that if I help you get your
partial payment of US$5,000, 000. 00 (Five Million US Dollars) as directed
by the President you will not forget my efforts.*

*Please if you are not going to put me into trouble about this development,
kindly contact me for further details on how to proceed towards the
successful remittance of your fund and please do not tell any one about
this secrete information I'm giving to you.*

*I look forward to hear from you.*

*Best regards,*

*Mr.L. Johnson*
*(CBN)*

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