419 scam: "Senator Paul Etok"<chairman_sen_com@yahoo.com> Confirm Your Approved Payment

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "activation 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. )
- "hundred thousand united states 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 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.
- etok.senatorpaul@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- our ref:fgn/nas/sc/fa-fcip/0108/412/010 emails: etok.senatorpaul@yahoo.com date: 17th july, 2010 attn: the honourable beneficiary, (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Senator Paul Etok" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <etok.senatorpaul@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 18 Jul 2010 17:26:57 +0100
Subject: Confirm Your Approved Payment

From The Desk of
Senator Paul Etok (Chairman)
Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs/Contractors & Inheritance Payment
Our ref:FGN/NAS/SC/FA-FCIP/0108/412/010
Emails: etok.senatorpaul@yahoo.com

Date: 17th July, 2010

Attn: The Honourable Beneficiary,

Sir/Madam,

YOUR APPROVED INHERITANCE PAYMENT OF $2.8M

This is to notify you that, the Federal Government of Nigeria in his bid to eradicate crime and fraudulent activities in Nigeria in her spirit of re-branding Nigeria, signed an agreement with the World Bank Auditors, the Accountant General of the Federation and the Zenith Bank Nig. Plc for immediate payment of your inhertiance fund valued Two Million and Eight Hundred Thousand United States Dollars to you since last year.

Your Name and details was forwarded to us by the Accountant General of the Federation as a beneficiary of the approved inheritance fund of US$2.8M. We have therefore given our guarantee to the payee bank (The Zenith Bank Nig. Plc) for them to urgently affect the release of the Fund to you without any further delay.

Surprisingly we received a sad news from one Mr. Martua Abbas Natsution from Indonesia recently who claimed to be your partner and requested that your inheritance fund should be paid to him. He claimed that you died recently in an auto crash with your family and demanded that, we should authorize the Zenith Bank Nig. Plc to transfer your fund to him through this below stated banking information:

BANK NAME: BANK MANDIRI-CABANG JAKARTA ATRIUM SENEN
ADDRESS: KOMPLEK ATRIUM SENEN-JAKARTA-PUSAT-INDONESIA
PHONES: 62213852369 AND 62213852370
FAX: 62213842827
SWIFT CODE: BEIIIDJA
WEBSITE: www.bankmandiri.co.id
A/C NAME: MARTUA ABBAS NASUTION
A/C #: 168-000-4196179

We do not know how this man get to know about your transaction because he asked us to give him the name which he will use to send the transfer activation fee of $950:00 to the Zenith Bank Nig. Plc for immediate transfer of your fund to his account.

Please, confirm to us if you are still alive and contact the Zenith Bank Nig. Plc immediately and asked them not to transfer your fund to any un-authorized person. Here is the information of the Payment officer incharge of the transfer at the bank, contact him now

Bank Name: ZENITH BANK NIG.PLC
Payee Officer: DR AHMAD SULEJA
E-mail: ahmadsuleja.zenithbk@hotmail.com

As soon as your approved fund has been paid to you, inform us immediately so that we can delete your name from the list of individuals we have here and make our recommendations to the Presidency notifying them that your payment has been made to you.

The FGN is trying her best in eradicating corruption in the country and a day hardly passes without the investigation of a high profile case, and there are presently over 200 pending cases in various courts across the country at various stages of prosecution raging from corruption, money laundering, fraud, illegal oil bunkering, and pipeline vandalism, among others.” So the FGN is apologizing to you over the delay you encountered in receiving your contract/inheritance money.

If you want to write to me, email me on this email: etok.senatorpaul@yahoo.com

Respectfully yours,
Senator Paul Etok

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