419 scam: "Andrew Jones"<webmaster@tap.ntcmubende.ac.ug> Confidential Letter (Top Secret)

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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 united states 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)
- ",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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Andrew Jones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <info@accessprivatebankukltd.com>
Date: Sun, 9 Jul 2023 17:14:42 -0000
Subject: Confidential Letter (Top Secret)

Greetings,

I am Andrew Jones, the Branch Manager of The Access Bank UK Limited.

I personally discovered an inactive account worth USD$220,000,000.00 (Two Hundred And Twenty Million United States Dollars Only) from our late customer during our Bank's Annual Account Auditing.

Since the death of the deceased, nobody has operated this account till date. Definitely, our Banking code of ethics will confiscate this fund if it remains inactive for a period of years without any claims.

In this regard, I earnestly need your full cooperation in transferring this money out of our bank to avoid our bank confiscating this fund. Our sharing ratio will be 50% for you and 50% for me.

Should you be interested to work with me on this project? Kindly get back to me for more information and Guidelines.

Best regards,
Andrew Jones

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