419 scam: "PAYMENT NOTIFICATION"<carlos@mail.angoweb.org> PAYMENT NOTIFICATION ( ATTENTION BENEFICIARY )

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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:
- "transfer of your funds" (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)
- ",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)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "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: "PAYMENT NOTIFICATION" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chiefjosephsamson@mail.com>
Date: Mon, 9 Apr 2012 17:40:14 -0700
Subject: PAYMENT NOTIFICATION ( ATTENTION BENEFICIARY )

CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
Tinubu Square, Lagos
CABLES CENBAN
TINUBU SQUARE, LAGOS-NIGERIA
Clearing House

Attn. Beneficiary.
I am Chief Joseph Samson Clearing House; ( Paymaster General) Central Bank of Nigeria, working inconjuction with Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington, D.C Usa to ensure all outstanding payment is paid to the beneficiary.

This Official Memorandum is to inform you that we discovered that some officials whom work under the United States government have attempted to divert your Funds (US$10,500,000:00) through a back-door channel with their African counterpart. We actually discovered this today, through our Secret Agents under the Disciplinary Unit of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) after we apprehended (Mr. Ali Aeraby) a terrorist suspect.

The mentioned suspect was apprehended at the Dulles International Airport early this morning with some African gangs, as they have planned to divert your funds through Alliance & Leicester Bank in London and the Metropolitan Police has been duly informed and they have also visited the bank to secure your funds.

>From our gathered information here in this Unit, we discovered that the said Funds in question actually belongs to you, but it had been purposely delayed because the officials in charge of your Payment are into some sort of irregularities which is totally against the ethics of any Payment institution.

Presently, this said Funds valued US$10,500,000:00 is under the custody of the Central Bank of Nigeria and I can assure you that your Funds will be released to you without a hitch provided that you are sincere to us in this matter. Also, we require your positive co-operation at every level because we are closely monitoring this very transaction in order to avert the bad eggs in our society of today and ensure that your funds are credited into your account by Central Bank of Nigeria through the Paymaster General Chief Joseph Samson.

Today, we have instructed the Executive management of Central Bank of Nigeria to Release the said Funds to you as the certified Beneficiary in question, because we have valuable information /records to authentic that the said Funds truly belongs to you.

Be that as it may, you are required to provide us with your information for official verification and we shall also give you the direct contact of the officer in-charge of your payment in the bank, for the immediate release and transfer of your funds.

1. First Name, Middle Name and Last Name.
2. Age.
3. Occupation.
4. Marital Status.
5. Direct Telephone/Fax Number.
6. Residential address.
7. Banking Particular

We await your immediate compliance to this official obligation, so that you can be paid by Central Bank of Nigeria.

Officially Sealed.
Chief Joseph Samson (Board Memeber/ Paymaster General )

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