419 scam: Foreign Debts Management Board <dnkab05@yahoo.co.jp> Confirm receipt of your payment US$10.5 million dollars

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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 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)
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.
- +447031801707 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Foreign Debts Management Board <dnkab05@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: foreign.payments@y7mail.com
Date: Wed, 1 Aug 2012 05:01:19 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Confirm receipt of your payment US$10.5 million dollars

Confirm receipt of your payment US$10.5 million dollars
Foreign Reserve Escrow Account Office
London, United Kingdom

This is to bring to your notice that this office has taken over all the money transaction originating from all debts owed by African countries as Contract Payment, Fund Inheritance or Lottery Winning due to inability of other financial Institutions and Security companies in releasing such funds due to Fraud, Terrorism and Money Laundry activities going on in the global world .

The UNITED NATIONS has Mandated Foreign Reserve Escrow Account office to release funds to beneficiaries through our Correspondence Bank and we have collected some payments files from these other banks hence this information to you.
For details on how to receive your funds, you are required to re-confirm the following information:-

1. Your address
2. Telephone including cell-phone and fax numbers.
3. Country
4. your bank coordinate

Thanking you for Your Cooperation.

Yours Faithfully,

Dr. Kevin C. Song
Director,
Foreign Reserve Escrow Account Office
Central Bank
25 Gresham Street.
London, United Kingdom
Telephone: 44 703 180 1707,

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