419 scam: "Manager Customer's Care Skye Bank PLC."<customerscare@skyebank.net> TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "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: "Manager Customer's Care Skye Bank PLC." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <customerscareskyebank@accountant.com>
Date: Fri, 16 May 2014 22:14:22 -0000
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

>From the Desk of Customers Care Unit

Syke Bank Nigeria Plc Lagos Nigeria

Attention Beneficiary,

TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

We the customer care manager of Skye Bank PLC have been given mandate from the United States Government,FBI,CIA European Union,Interpol and the world bank to release all Inheritance fund/lottery and investment funds beneficiaries that the federal government of Nigeria is owing.

We are proud to inform you that your name are among the 4 people that we are to release their funds.

To be candid we have been instructed to release your funds through the below stated payment options

A. Your fund can be release to you through our master card payment system

B. Your fund can be release to you via our international cash payment system in France Germany Spain and Belguim.

In the furtherance,we are advising you to contact our fund release payment center.

Please you are to contact our office now for the onward release of your funds Address your email to the below contact person.

CONTACT PERSON:DAVID OLOYEADADA

Finally we are advising you to contact the above person now so that he will advise you on how your funds will be release to you in the next 24 hours.

Please for security reason I will advise you keep this information AS very Confidential.

Thank you for your understanding and co-operation

Yours faithfully,

Mrs.Susan Obi

Manager Customs Care

Skye Bank PLC.

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