419 scam: "SKYE BANKPLC"<jhjn@jsmail.com.cn> IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTICE.

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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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "SKYE BANKPLC" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <skyenewsmuths@sify.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Nov 2009 10:53:39 -0800
Subject: IMMEDIATE PAYMENT NOTICE.

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY,

THIS IS TO OFFICIALLY INFORM YOU THAT WE HAVE VERIFIED YOUR

INHERITANCE FILE AND FOUND OUT THAT WHY YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED YOUR

PAYMENT IS BECAUSE YOU HAVE NOT FULFILLED THE OBLIGATIONS GIVEN TO

YOU IN RESPECT OF YOUR CONTRACT/INHERITANCE PAYMENT.

AFTER THE BOARD OF DIRECTOR'S MEETING HELD IN ABUJA, WITH PRESIDENT. ALHAJI UMARU MUSA YAR ADUA (GCFR), YOUR NAME COMES UP AS ONE OF THE BENEFICIARY OF THE CONTACT /INHERITANCE THAT ARE YET TO RECEIVED THERE FUND.

THIS OFFICE HAS BEEN MANDATED TO ISSUE OUT ATMCARD VALUED

USD5,500,000.00 AS INITIAL PAYMENT FOR THIS FISCAL YEAR 2009.

NOTE: BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE

OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (ATM-Y2K9) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS

CODE WHEN CONTACTING THIS OFFICE BY USING IT AS YOUR

SUBJECT.

YOUR FULL NAME

PHONE AND FAX NUMBER

ADDRESS WHERE YOU WOULD LIKE TO RECEIVE THE ATM CARD.

YOUR AGE AND CURRENT OCCUPATION

REGARDS,

MUNS MUTHS

F.M.F

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