419 scam: "Mr. Greg Donald"<admin@smmail.cn> Notice of Settlement Payment {Urgent}

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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:
- ",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)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "fsa.gregdonald@w.cn" (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.
- +447035958752 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Greg Donald" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fsa.gregdonald@w.cn>
Date: Wed, 19 May 2010 03:15:36 +0530
Subject: Notice of Settlement Payment {Urgent}

Subject: Notice of Settlement Payment

In consonance with the present democratic transparent dispension of President Goodluck Jonathan and rule of law, a classified white paper was recently released to tackle the advance free fraud cases wrecking the corporate image of our sovereign nation, Nigeria. In achieving a hundred percent success, a cracks team of detectives specialized in criminal justice has been assembled and empowered to curb these excesses culminated by the past military juntas whose greedy and selfish intentions gave birth to quick cash syndrome wrecking Nigeria's international image.

In moving this quest forward, a detailed database of suspects have been created, some placed under close surveillance, while the very obvious have been arrested and have made confessional statements good for prosecution. We have been directed to use all available modern means to reach out to affected individuals/corporate organization to achieve zero tolerance and revamp this image.

In view of these recommendations, which is in accordance with the irrevocable instruction of your payment received from the office of the Investigation department of the ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL CRIME COMMISSION (EFCC) today, You are being contacted by this office today because your Case File (Ai00809) is the very first File on our Settlement Files Cabinet forwarded and contracted us to see to your immediate compensation payment of the sum of $4,500,000.00 from their Offshore Account with us (Global Access Credit Union, United Kingdom)

Our administrative team is happily standing by in three geographical locations to effectively allocate all reported cases of scams to the specialized detective squad and during the recent internet investigations and probing processes conducted by the EFCC and Financial Services Authority (UK), your E-MAIL address was discovered among the SPAM violated list and victim of fraud. The said payment is a reconciliation payment to every foreigner’s beneficiary of funds which due to one hitch or the other, the transfer of such fund was not successful at that time.

To further facilitate the said payment and to confirm your rightful beneficiary, kindly confirm the information below:

1. Full Name:
2. Residential Address:
3. Private Tel Number:
4. Nationality:
5. Present Country:

Should this notification concern you, kindly respond to the under signed office and payment will be processed and treated with great confidentiality.

Best Regards

Mr. Greg Donald
Chief Bureau Officer
Financial Services Authority
(+44) 703 595 8752
Direct Email: fsa.gregdonald@w.cn

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