419 scam: "Dr. Dan Mobutu." <dn.mobutu@btinternet.com> IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF PAYMENT INFORMATION

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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:
- "affidavit " (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- telexgaba44@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Dan Mobutu." <dn.mobutu@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: danmobutu2010@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 21:07:20 +0000 (GMT)
Subject: IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF PAYMENT INFORMATION

Attn;Sir.

I am Mr Peter Greene the Chairman, World Bank Auditors in Ghana Committee on debt reconciliation in cognizance with the credit cover of United Nation duly adopted by the Senate Committee on Foreign Payment as requested for a fund movement cover in your favor.

I am compelled to advice you to contact us, Very urgently. In view of several efforts already made by us to contact you for the Simple reasons that My Office Desks have just received a Sworn Affidavit to re- route your payment into a new prudential Bank and Trust Co (Zamora Branch) Account #:5068-1117-8. Please, confirm to our department if you have instructed

anyone to appoint an attorney/agent on your behalf. Please, confirm if you have authorized us through your agents to issue cash call payment remittance of $20million to them on your behalf. Please, also confirm if you have authorized your attorney to change your banking particulars to the following particulars stated below: Prudential Bank & Trust Co (Zamora Branch) Zamora Street, Panderer, Maniacal,

Philippines Bank FSD Account #5068-1117-8 of Nabil Bahij Jahas. Also re-confirm your Contract Number, Contract Amount, Private Telephone and Fax number, your l address, Office or home address, so that we can cross-check it with our file records. We have decided to

contact you because we suspected that somebody is trying to divert your money through the sworn affidavit of means, into a new different bank account. Already, their associates have requested us to place a cash call order in their favor on your behalf, but we discovered

that your signature was forged. Therefore, you are hereby advised to Contact Mr. Peter Greene in World Bank Auditors in Ghana on this through this Email Address regarding the above stated. Please inform us and acknowledge your acceptance to the above stated, but if not, please do not hesitate to inform us very urgently, so that we can stop the diversion of your fund. For security reasons, please contact us through this Email l to avoid interception.

Best

Regards.

Mr Peter Greene

Express Payment Director

E-mail;telexgaba44@gmail.com

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