419 scam: "FROM DESK OF MR. JOSIAH O. OHANUSI Chief of Financial Control United Nations in Nigeria" <contractagency89@gmail.com> CONFIDENTIAL

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "clearance certificate" (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. )
- "clearance certificate" (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. )
- "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)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "abuja" (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 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.
- +2348034301812 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- jossyohanusi@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM DESK OF MR. JOSIAH O. OHANUSI Chief of Financial Control United Nations in Nigeria" <contractagency89@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jossyohanusi@aol.com
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 13:33:46 +0100
Subject: CONFIDENTIAL

FROM THE DESK OF MR. JOSIAH O. OHANUSI
Chief of Financial Control United Nations in Nigeria
Address: UN House Plot 617/618, Central Area District,
Diplomatic Zone PMB 2851, Garki, Abuja FCT,
Email: jossyohanusi@aol.com
TEL: +2349123536843
MY WHATS APP NUMBER::+2348034301812

Dear Sir/Madam

How are you and your family today.

Please I want to inform you that you have been Approved to be paid a
compensation payment of the Sum of US$10.500,000.00 (Ten Million Five
Hundred United States Dollars Only) to be released to you into your
Bank Account from the Barclay's Bank London by Mr. AntÃ³nio Guterres,
the Secretary-General of the United Nations, Mr. Christopher A. Wray
(Director) Federal Bureau of Investigation FBI Authority New York, USA
and Dr. David Malpass the Managing Director of World Bank Group &
Chief Financial Officer and Mr. Abdulla Shahid the President of the
United Nations General Assembly as the Dignitaries of of the Board of
Directors of the Governing Board of the United Nations/World Bank
Group and the Federal Bureau of the Investigation (FBI) Authority in
order to petty for you on what you have gone through during this COVID
19 PANDEMIC Crises and also what you have encounter with the people
you are in contact with in the past regarding the release of your
Contract/Inheritance Payment which you have execulated with the
Government of African Countries, Asian Countries, European Countries
and United Sated of American Government that totally messed you and
your Payment Case File up and upon that they collected a lot of Money
from you and failed to released your payment to you.

Now luckily to you I, MR.JOSIAH O. OHANUSI the Chief of Financial
Control United Nations in Nigeria have been appointed by the
Governing Board of the United Nations/World Bank Group and the Federal
Bureau of the Investigation (FBI) Authority to look into your matter
and to be in charge of the releasing of this your Approved Payment of
US$10.5M to you from the Barclay's Bank London into your Bank Account
for you to take care of yourself and your family, and upon that one of
my good friend of Mr. Abdulla Shahid the President of the United
Nations General Assembly plead to me on your behalf that I should
tamper Justice with Mercy and assist you to secured every Necessary
Documents that will stopped the releasing of your payment to you
immediately you have presented your Final Clearance Certificate of
Fund Released Order of Claim signed and stamped by the Governing Board
of the United Nations/World Bank Group and the Federal Bureau of the
Investigation (FBI) Authority to the Barclay's Bank London in order to
protect you and your Payment of US$10.5M for your payment not to have
a STOP ORDER by IMF, or FBI of the releasing of your payment to you
that will covers you and this your payment of US$10.5M from the Anti
Terrorism, Certificate of Ownership, Certificate of Merit from Court
and your Deposit Certificate of your US$10.5M with the Barclay's Bank
London on your behalf, which I have agree with my friend Mr. Abdulla
Shahid the President of the United Nations General Assembly that I am
going to get those Certificates on your behalf so that nobody will not
has any right to question you in your Country and in your Bank on how
you come across this Huge Amount in your Bank Account.

Listen but after my several thoughtful and deep considerations
irrespective regarding your financial predicament with my friend Mr.
Abdulla Shahid the President of the United Nations General Assembly
and I promised to him that I am going to assist you for securing your
Final Clearance Certificate of Fund Released Order of Claim of
Us$10.5M on your favor,provided you are 100% to adhere my
instructions without hesitation or to delays not to comply with me
because I am going to negotiate with the Governing Board of the United
Nations/World Bank Group and the Federal Bureau of the Investigation
(FBI) Authority to know how much the Final Clearance Certificate of
Fund Released Order of Claim will cost you to get so that you will be
aware and for me to tell you what to do to get this your Final
Clearance Certificate of Fund Released Order of Claim of Us$10.5M on
your name from the Governing Board of the United Nations/World Bank
Group and the Federal Bureau of the Investigation (FBI) Authority to
avoiding this your payment for not to be released to you as it is be
the only obligation that will delays your payment to be released to
you into your Bank Account.

So if you are interested to follow my directives and received your
fund, then do forward to me this information's to me as stated below:

1, Your full Name:
2, Your Bank Details
3, Your contact Address
4. Your International Passport/ID Card
5, Your Direct Telephone Numbers

Waiting for your urgent response to me

Regards.

MR. JOSIAH O. OHANUSI
Chief of Financial Control
United Nations in Nigeria
TEL: +2349123536843

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