419 scam: Zenith Bank PLC <wellsfargobankindian@gmail.com> The actual transfer of your funds(15,500,000.00

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic immunity"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "transfer of your funds" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "zenith02@shqiptar.eu" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "zenith02@shqiptar.eu" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22996320642 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: Zenith Bank PLC <wellsfargobankindian@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Zenith02@shqiptar.eu
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:04:09 +0100
Subject: The actual transfer of your funds(15,500,000.00

Dear esteemed customer.

The Management of the Zenith Bank Corporate Office Headquarters 12
Eze Okoli Street Lagos wishes to inform you that after a brief meeting
held by the Bank executives yesterday,the 10th Day of November 2021 at
precisely 8 a.m. Eastern Daylight Time(EDT), we deem it appropriate to
intimate you that your funds will be transferred into the United
Arabia Emirate Treasury Account with the JP Morgan Chase Headquarters
at 270 Park Avenue in New York according to the record we got from
Africa due to your inability to complete the transaction and your
failure to meet up with a minor payment obligation.The actual transfer
of your funds(15,500,000.00 into the government account comes up next
week.

This is in line with the instructions of the UAE Treasurer,Mrs.Rosa
Gumataotao Rios that all unclaimed funds be paid into the United
Emirate Government Treasury Account as unserviceable funds in
compliance to section 3 subsection 1(a) of the United Emirate
Financial Law enacted in 2001 after an attack on our dear country on
September 11,2001.

Note that if you still wish to receive your funds do get back to us
immediately so that we will remove your funds transfer from the list
of those transactions to be seized by the United Arabia Emirate
Government.Also be informed that we need only a DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY
SEAL OF TRANSFER(DIST) to complete the wire transfer.The fee to obtain
the SEAL was reduced from 600 to $98 and no other fee is involved. You
are required to send the fee of $98 by RIA or World remit money
transfer to the issuing officer at the bank where your transaction
originated as stated below: INFORMATION

Receiver's Name=====ERIC NWA
Address:=====Benin republic
Amount=======$98
Receiver's +22996320642
Sender's Name:====
REFERENCE Number=====

The name of the city from where the money was sent If we receive the
MTCN today,we will transfer your funds (15,500,000.00) before we close
office and the funds will reflect 3hours after the transfer.We will
send you all the transfer documents to enable you start making cash
withdrawals from your account same day the funds are transferred.We
have waited for so long and we cannot continue to wait.

Thank you for giving us the opportunity to serve your banking
needs.(Zenith02@shqiptar.eu)

Yours faithfully,
Mr. Ebenezer N. Onyeagwu)
Zenith Bank PLC (Zenith02@shqiptar.eu)

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