419 scam: "DAVID MARK $SENATE PRESIDENT$" <hordemail@mailings.com> This is to avoid mistake in your payment.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "farida waziri" (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. )
- "executive governor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "www.cenbank.org" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "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.
- +2348060876505 (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.
- paymentoffice16@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DAVID MARK $SENATE PRESIDENT$" <hordemail@mailings.com>
Reply-To: paymentoffice16@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 2010 12:13:09 +0000
Subject: This is to avoid mistake in your payment.

FROM THE OFFICE OF THE SENATE
PRESIDENT FEDRAL REPUBLIC
OF NIGERIA HEAD OFFICE ABUJA NIGERIA

Attn:
Contract payment: # FGN/234/NG/CBN/2010.

Due to the new change of government under President Good Luck
Jonathan?s Administration I, the Senate President, Federal Republic of
Nigeria, DAVID MARK (GCFR)has been mandated by the President after a
Federal Executives council meeting (FEC),in Conjunction with the EFCC
Director,Mrs Farida Waziri,World Bank & United Nations
Representatives, held a meeting last week regarding all outstanding
payment, both foreign and some inheritance funds.

On going through the records, it was discovered that your name &
company is the next on the list of those to be paid because your file
was left untreated previously by the ex-payment officer, so at this
juncture, we apologize for the delay in your outstanding payment and
ask you to please stop communicating with any office now and pay
attention to the appointed office below for you to receive your
payment accordingly & avoid diversion of payment to an unknown account.

However, I wish to inform you now that your outstanding contract
payment is valued at ($65,000,000. Sixty five Million United States
dollars only).Please re-confirm if this is inline with your records.

Below are your payment Datas.

Reference No.-35460021,
Allocation No: 674632
Payment Certificate No: 103,
CBN Released Code No: 0763:

Having received these vital payment numbers, you are now qualified to
received and confirm your payment with the Federal Government of
Nigeria immediately. Now you are hereby directed to contact the paying
bank (Officer), the Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria Dr.Sanusi
Lamido Sansui, immediately for further payment instructions. Also you
reconfirm & forward to him the followings your Banking Details, Secret
Code No: which is (XXTN013), Phone, fax & cell #, Contact Address,
Age, profession & sex, scan copy of ID, & Company details & position.
This is to avoid mistake in your payment.

Contact Person:
Name: Dr.Sanusi Lamido Sansui
(The Executive Governor of Central Bank of Nigeria CBN)
Bank Name: - Central Bank of Nigeria
Tel: +234-8060-87-6505.
Email Address: (paymentoffice16@yahoo.com.hk)
www.cenbank.org

Contact him by email(paymentoffice16@yahoo.com.hk)call him & inform
him that you received a message from the Senate President Federal
Republic Of Nigeria, Instructing you to contact him for immediate
release of your payment and forward your Details to his office to
avoid transfer mistake.

Best Regards

DAVID MARK (SENATE PRESIDENT)
FEDRAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA

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