419 scam: "SPAM" <spam@MMKOM.RU> YOUR $2,000,000.00 TRANSFER

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "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: "SPAM" <spam@MMKOM.RU>
Reply-To: finbk01@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Sun, 17 Nov 2019 13:25:33 +0300
Subject: YOUR $2,000,000.00 TRANSFER

Dear Beneficiary: ,

I am Mr.Christopher Nakobyau (Interpol)'s special agent delegated to Africa/Nigeria to investigate fraudsters that are committing financial crimes by swindling foreigners that had not completed their transaction successfully due to one reason or the other. During our thorough investigation and review of all unclaimed funds, lottery, Inheritance,Grant and contract funds etc, we discovered there is $2,000,000.00 assigned in your name as the beneficiary but this fraudsters were busy swindling you without any hope of receiving your fund.

It may interest you to know that we have been able to track down 27,000 fraudsters through our Tracking Intel-sharing provided to economic and financial crime commission (EFCC) and put them behind bars. other nefarious fraudsters will be caught unaware but we do not want them to know about this to avoid jeopardizing our investigation.

Note the fund will be paid to you in the upcoming days with your cooperation to Central Bank of Nigeria paying bank after the apprehended persons, In order to process your $2,000,000.00 transfer to your bank account kindly reconfirm the requested details below as we do not have much time in Nigeria.

1)YOUR FULL NAME:
2)ADDRESS/PHONE:
3)IDENTITY:
4)AGE:
5)OCCUPATION:

As soon as i confirm the details from you today i will proceed to conclude your fund transfer with the bank to ensure you receive your fund successfully before going back to United States. I await your positive response as soon as you receive this message and stop further communication with anybody.

Mr.Christopher Nakobyau Special Agent

The International Criminal Police Organization (INTERPOL)
U.S. National Central Bureau Washington, DC 20530-0001

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