419 scam: "Dr Jake Powell" <info@payment.org.ng> CONTACT THE FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY IMMEDIATELY

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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:
- "demurrage fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "demurrage " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "trunk box" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "laurencegraig@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "laurencegraig@live.com" (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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- +2347041817490 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr Jake Powell" <info@payment.org.ng>
Reply-To: laurencegraig@live.com
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 17:16:09 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: CONTACT THE FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY IMMEDIATELY

Attn Beneficiary,

After waiting and no response was heard, I deposited and also paid for the
Delivery fee of your $850,000,00 eight hundred and fifty thousand US
Dollars, as consignment
Box to EMIRATES FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY Because I would be traveling to
London and you can always reach me on my direct new London numbe.

I would be gone on a visit to a friend and will not come back till July,
2011. I will want you to contact the EMIRATES FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY to
know when they will be delivering your consignment.

I have paid for the delivery charges and also the insurance fee, the only
fee you will have to pay them is the monthly demurrage fee which they
would pay the security department that are guarding your consignment since
the date of deposit.

But if you will be very fast in contacting them, you will be charged only
one month demurrage fee which will cost only US$120.00 So I urge you to
contact them as soon as you receive this email. And send the $120 through
Western Union Money Transfer to the manager.

MR. Graig Laurence,
EMIRATES FINANCE SECURITY COMPANY.
LAGOS, NIGERIA.
E-mail:laurencegraig@live.com
Tel: +234-704-181-7490

Try to contact him as soon as possible to avoid increase in demurrage fee.
I gave them your delivery address but you have to reconfirm it to him
again to avoid any mistakes in the delivery of your fund. Reconfirm below
information to the company.

Your Full Name-----------------------
Your Address-------------------------
Home Telephone-----------------------
Office Telephone---------------------

Send the US$120.00 through western union money transfer with the following
information.

Receiver Name:Micheal Peter Shola
Address: 2B Emirate Building Lagos Nigeria.
Text Question:Colour
Answer: Blue
Amount: US$:120.00
Send MTCN # ……………….

Note: You are to contact the EMIRATES FINANCE SECURITY COMPANYMANAGER via
This email: -- (laurencegraig@live.com) finally indicate this code: GM0081
when contacting them, it will identify that you are the owner of the $850
000.00 consignment trunk box deposited in the company. Do let me know as
soon as you receive your consignment and take a proper account of the
content, and see that it contains $850 000.00US Dollars.

Regards,
Dr Jake Powell.

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