419 scam: "Mrs. Jan Moffett" <jan.moffett2@virgilio.it> Atten: Beneficiary,

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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:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Jan Moffett" <jan.moffett2@virgilio.it>
Reply-To: jan.moffett@virgilio.it
Date: Wed, 12 May 2010 17:31:10 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Atten: Beneficiary,

Atten: Beneficiary,
This is to inform you that on 13th April, 2010 the United
State of America
Council Foreign Relation in conjunction with Nigeria
government agreed over your pending case and that the United State agency.

This is inline with lack of trust within those handling your contract payment
case in Nigeria as we discover in our investigation unit that many people have
surfer from this trying to get their fund redeemed but all effort fails, this
agreement is reach during Nigeria president visit to United State on nuclear
summit.

This is the approval information received from Nigeria Presidential
Executive Council File No: 790042, Nigeria NIPP Ref: No#: GNP/3480/02/00,
Contract No#: NNPC/FGN/V1233/NNPC-X29/98, Contract balance US$18,589,657.24,
Special Duties Office Approved No#: LM/05/371NGF/2009, Nigerian National
Petroleum Corporation (NNPC) Approve No#: NNPC/FMFNG002/CBN/DF101, Payment Ref
No#: 11116273.

Your certificate bank draft of contract balance payment is in
possession of Bank of America waiting our order for final release to you, send
your information now before we order the release of your money.

Regards,
Grace
J. M
International Association
of Financial Investigators(IAFI)
1020 Suncast
Ln., Ste. 102 El
Dorado Hills, USA

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