419 scam: "Tunde Tunde"<tunde.tunde@blumail.org> RE: YOUR FUND APPROVED AND ABOUT TO BE CLAIMED, ARE YOU AWARE?

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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:

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)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "chief auditor" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "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.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +2348038842697 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Tunde Tunde" (may be fake)
Date: Sat, 3 Dec 2011 09:13:50 -0800
Subject: RE: YOUR FUND APPROVED AND ABOUT TO BE CLAIMED, ARE YOU AWARE?

OFFICE OF THE CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT,
INTERNATIONAL CREDIT SETTLEMENT
PLOT 56, GARKI WAY,
ABUJA, FEDERAL CAPITAL TERRITORY,
NIGERIA.
Telephone: +234 803884 2697

I hereby inform you that my office has been receiving various calls from Michael J. Ingersol who claims to be your business partner, Michael J. Ingersol from United States of America informed my collegues in office that you are in coma and permanently disabled as a result of a car crash, so he has sent us a power of attorney you issued him that he be made the new beneficiary of your funds which you are yet to receive.

I am so confused now and wonder why this has happened after we have verified and confirmed your contract/inheritance file to be okay and approved for unconditional release to you via swift debit card. Michael J. Ingersol has agreed to pay the $180 delivery fee for us to send him the swift debit card to the address he has provided to us,When I saw his address was different from yours I decided to contact you to verify if you actually sent him to be made your new beneficiary.

If we do not hear from you after this email we will assume that what Michael J. Ingersol said about you is the truth. then we will dispatch the swift debit card to his address, but if Michael J. Ingersol told us lies then reconfirm the following for proper verification and immediate action before an irreversible mistake is made by sending your swift debiyt card to him.

1. FULL NAME
2. FULL ADDRESS (P.O BOX NOT ACCEPTABLE)
3. PHONE AND FAX #
4. ATTACH COPY OF YOUR IDENTIFICATION (OPTIONAL)

We have been mandated to issue out OUT $2,500,000.00 as part payment this last quarter. Also for your information, you have to stop any further communication with any person or office to avoid hitches in receiving your payment because we dont who or group of people who might be planning to claim your fund.

NOTE THAT BECAUSE OF IMPOSTORS, WE HEREBY ISSUE YOU OUR CODE OF CONDUCT, WHICH IS (SDC-2011) SO YOU HAVE TO INDICATE THIS CODE WHEN communicating with us subsequently

REGARDS,
DR. TUNDE TUNDE
CHIEF AUDITOR TO THE PRESIDENT
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
Telephone: +234 803884 2697

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