419 scam: "Adhoc Joint Financial Council"<sandiego@princessproject.org> READ VERY WELL AND PLEASE WRITE BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

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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:
- "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 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.
- +2347080775207 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "Adhoc Joint Financial Council" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrpaulego4@e-mail.ua>
Date: Mon, 19 Mar 2012 23:55:41 -0000
Subject: READ VERY WELL AND PLEASE WRITE BACK FOR MORE DETAILS

Adhoc Joint financial council
United Nations/Worldbank/IMF
Washington, DC

After the International Financial Summit held here in Washington DC; jointly attended by the United Nations, World Bank and International Monetary Funds, it was then jointly agreed that all outstanding inheritance, contract and lottery debts owned by African/Nigeria and British Governments should be release to their bonifade beneficiaries.

After proper verification, it was revealed that you are among the 15th beneficiaries, whose payment are due; hence this bodies has past instructions to the relatives bodies in African and Briton to release all outstanding payments to their beneficiaries ON or BEFORE April ending 2012, as we discovered that most of you has spent a lot to trigger the payment but has not received any.

This body has mandated Guaranty Trust Bank as the payee institution to effect the release of USD10.5M- Ten Million-Five hundred thousand United States Dollars through the British/African joint reserved account, via online banking as it is the trusted and safest way to release payment globally.

Therefore you are directed to contact the above payee institution with the below contact information:

Contact Person: Mr. Paul Ego
Director, Foreign Payment Dept.
Guaranty Trust Bank Nigeria PLC
Telephone: +234-708-0775207
Email: mrpaulego4@e-mail.ua

Contact them urgently, and report back to us, if they fail to release your payment within the time frame. You should not held any body responsible when you fail to contact the payee institution.

Perez Madison
Under Secretary
Adhoc Joint Financial Council

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