419 scam: AFRICA DEVELPMENT BANK <afri.devepbank.ben@gmail.com> PAYMENT VERIFICATION

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "high court" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "federal high court" (This court is often mentioned in '419' scams to give the victim a reason why he/she should send thousands of dollars to the scammers. A 'Federal High Court' exists in Germany and Nigeria, but not in other countries, such as the UK, Spain, Netherlands, Senegal, Benin, South Africa or other countries where fake lawyers in scams often claim to be based. )
- "cotonou" (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.
- bceaoc229@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: AFRICA DEVELPMENT BANK <afri.devepbank.ben@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bceaoc00229@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 14 Aug 2021 18:04:06 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT VERIFICATION

BCEAO Benin du Republic
Avenue Jean-Paul II
P.O. Box: No. 325 RP
Cotonou.
Email; bceaoc229@gmail.com

My Dear Friend ,

This is to inform you that in the course of my investigation as director
of payment verification / implementation committee I came across your name as an
unpaid fund beneficiary in the record of the central bank of Benin Republic
and other banks that are supposed to get your funds released to you.My
committee
was set up by the payment reconciliation committee to verify and scrutinize all
outstanding debts owed to our foreign beneficiaries in accordance to
the information
received from the United States government and other countries over unpaid huge
debts owed to Foreigners.

Having seen your file and my further questions to the officials of the
Central Bank of Benin Republic and ministry of finance as to why your payment is
still pending reveals the rot and corruption in the system. The bank
officials told
me that the reason why you haven't received your payment is due to
your inability
to pay for the required charges for transfer of funds to your account.
When I asked
them why they didn't deduct the said charges from your principal sum,
I was given
the flimsy excuse that you never authorized them to do so. When I put
the question
across to them if they ever advised you that such charges could be
deducted from your
principal fund,the answer I got was no. Now, if you do not tell this
beneficiary that such
charges could be deducted from his or her principal fund, how will he
or she know that such
options are available for such beneficiaries.

From my investigation I discovered that these bank officials
deliberately refused to let
the charges be deducted from your principal fund because they want
your fund to remain trapped
in the bank, while they continue to extort money from beneficiaries
under some flimsy excuse.
You do not need to pay any money to any official, all you are required
to do is to come down and
sign an affidavit at the federal high court of Benin Republic,
authorizing the bank to deduct all
charges from your principal fund and transfer the balance of funds
after deduction to your bank
account.
If you have spent any money in the past in your funds transferring i
advised that you should stop
and furnish us with your data info such as Your Name/ Your Current
Address/ Your Cell Phone/ Id
Passport and driver's Licence copy Attachment and Your Occupation as
to enable us crosscheck your
bond file transfer ok .

Thanks for your understanding .

Yours Faithfully,
Mr. Abdou Rafiou BELLO
Director of payment verification

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