419 scam: "MR BASIL C. EVANS" <mrbasilevans@hotmail.fr> APPROVED PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

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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:
- "consignment " (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)
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "cotonou" (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: "MR BASIL C. EVANS" <mrbasilevans@hotmail.fr>
Reply-To: mrbasilevans@w.cn
Date: Mon, 6 Aug 2012 22:35:08 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: APPROVED PAYMENT NOTIFICATION

From: Mr. Basil C. Evans
Director: United Nations
Unpaid Payment Center
Cotonou Benin Republic Office

Dear Beneficiary,

This letter is from United Nations Unpaid Payment Center newly invented by the World Financial Service Authority United States Of America/United Kingdom.

This body was set up to discover an outstanding unpaid fund being owed by Governments, Companies or Individuals all over the world through Contract Payment, Inheritance Payment, Consignment Payment and Lottery Winning Prize Payment, your name appeared among the beneficiaries who will receive a part-payment of USD$2,500.000.00 (Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars Only) which has been approved yesterday.

It will interest you to know that we have discovered an outstanding unpaid/unclaimed sum of money in favor of your name and a mandate has been given to this body, United Nations Unpaid Payment Center to ensure that this fund gets to you without any delay.

Note that a special payment arrangement has been made with our paying Bank EcoBank Plc to transfer the said fund directly via an ATM VISA GLOBAL CARD which you will use to withdraw all the USD$2,500.000.00 in any ATM Service Machine in any part of the world including your country,

You are hereby advised to urgently furnish Rev Benson Wood.with your detailed information as follows.

(1) Your Full Name:(2) Residential Address:(3) Phone, Fax and Cell Phone Number: (4) Your Private Email address:

Kindly contact the below person who is in position to release your ATM Payment Card.

Rev Benson Wood.
Financial Director EcoBank
No 1/6 st Akpapa Segbeya
Email: ee-co-atmdpt001@w.cn
Direct Tel:+229 66398961.

Yours Truly
Mr Basil C. Evans
Director: United Nations
Unpaid Payment Center, Benin Office.

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