419 scam: susan mumba <smumba44@yahoo.it> Attn: Beneficiary Of Funds

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us 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)
- "central bank of nigeria" (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.
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.
- smumba4@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: susan mumba <smumba44@yahoo.it>
Date: Mon, 30 Jul 2012 13:26:39 +0100 (BST)
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary Of Funds

                                   THE CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
                                  FROM GOVERNOR   DISTRICT OFFICE
                                                CADASTRAL ZONE

                                                  ABUJA-NIGERIA


From: Susan Mumba


Attn: Beneficiary Of Funds


I
am, Mrs. Susan Mumba, the confidential Secretary to the Central Bank of
Nigeria Governor (CBN) Mr. Lamido Sanusi. I have urgent information
that is vital to you, if you promise that you will not betray me.

The information is about your outstanding contract
payment with the Federal Government of Nigeria, which you are supposed
to receive through the apex bank.
My boss and some of his colleagues
in other ministries that are involved in your transaction has conspired
to divert your fund to another account, and the strategy they employed
is by demanding several charges from you, so that you will feel
frustrated and abandon the fund, thereby it will open an avenue for them
to refer your fund as unclaimed and it will be transferred to their
coded account.
Recently, Our President ,Dr Goodluck Jonathan mandated
my boss to release partial payment of your fund to you, but he did not
pass the information to you as he kept the letter on my care.
Please
this information I am giving to you is a great risk on my side, but I
know that if you get your partial payment of USD5, 000, 000. 00 (Five
Million US Dollars) as directed by the Presidency in
the mandate, you will not forget my effort.
Please if you are not
going to put me into trouble about this development, kindly contact me
through my email address as given above for further details on how to
proceed towards the successful remittance of your fund before my boss
and his friends will succeed in their evil plans of transferring your
money into their own different unknown account I look toward to hear
from you.
Best regards,
Mrs. Susan Mumba
Email: smumba4@yahoo.com

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