419 scam: "Insp. Susan Delek"<insp.susan@webmail.co.za> [SPAM] RELEASE OF FUND HELD BY THE FBI

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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:
- "huge deposit" (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)
- ",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)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Insp. Susan Delek" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <inspsusan@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 17:45:38 +0100
Subject: [SPAM] RELEASE OF FUND HELD BY THE FBI

Anti-Terrorist and Monetary Crimes Division
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Headquarters, Washington, D.C.
Federal Bureau of Investigation
J. Edgar Hoover Building
935 Pennsylvania Avenue, Nw Washington, D.C. 20535-0001
DATE: 11-03-2009

This is an official advice from the Federal Bureau of Investigation. It has come to our notice that the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) has released US$10,500,000.00 into Bank of America in your name as the beneficiary.

The Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) knowing full well that they have not met with the requirements to effect your payment into your bank account via wire transfer, they went and used what we know as a secret diplomatic transit payment S.D.T.P to transport your funds into United States of America instead of wire transfer.

We wish to inform you that we have discovered the funds deposited in your name with Bank of America in Atlanta, Georgia. During our course of investigation of incoming funds into United States we discovered this huge deposit made in your favor as mentioned above. The funds are undergoing proper verifications to proof the legitimacy of this transaction and you are to provide all legal documents relating to this huge payment before you can be granted access to the funds.
The Bank of America will not be permitted to execute final crediting into your bank account until you prove the origin of these funds by providing the required documents.

Records which we have had with this method of payment in the past have always been related to terrorist activities and drugs. We would not want you to get into troubles as soon as the funds hit your account. So it is our duty as a word wide commission to correct this problem before final crediting into your bank account. The funds are presently on hold and undergoing scrutiny until you provide the said required documents.

You are required to urgently contact Bank of America (BOA) and liaise with the person in charge of your case for further advice.

Mr. George Hundila
Customer Relation officer
Telephone: 1-404-537-2336
Email: ghundila@boamail2server.com

We have decided to contact you directly to obtain the proper verifications and proof from you to ascertain that the funds are clean because of the huge amount involve.

Insp. Susan Delek
Inspector,
Federal Bureau of Investigation, Washington D.C.

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