419 scam: "Dr Henric Jones"<no_reply@pubalibankb.com> ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE??

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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:
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "lagos" (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: "Dr Henric Jones" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pubalicbnk@yahoo.com.cn>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 19:17:57 +0200
Subject: ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE??

Pubali Bank Limited

NO.97 Tijani Street,

Off Sanusi Express way, Yaba,

Lagos, Nigeria.

Attention Beneficiary,

My name is Dr. Henric Jones Administrator of this bank.

This day, one Mrs. Cynthia Edward came to my office to let us know

that you are DEAD, and before you died, you instructed her to come for

the claim of your funds in the tune of US$6.2Million that was long

abandoned in your name

So here comes the big question:

i) Did you authorize Mrs Cynthia Edward to come for your claim?

ii) Are you truly dead?

If (NO) you are hereby advice as a matter of urgency to reconfirm the

details of this message within 24hours,to avert your r funds being

wired into her account without any more delay.

Lastly, you are advice to reconfirm the details of this message and

get back immediately with these information's below:

Full name....................................

Direct telephone number...................

address..................................

Age............................

Occupation.............................

Bank name..............................

Bank address..............................

Bank account..............................

Account type...............................

Note: these information's must be provided for reconfirmation to

enable us make payment to you, hence, your funds will be remit/wire

into her account as already provide to this management.

We wait for your urgent response today.

Regards,

Dr. Henric Jones

Administrator/Director, Telex Department.

Anti-fraud resources:

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