419 scam: "Over due payment" <DAPHNE@mail.cgust.edu.tw> Compensation payment

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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.
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:
- "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "inland revenue" (Tax offices mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. Even after you pay their fake tax demands you will still not receive the non-existent funds you have been promised. )
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.
- +27845777054 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- res.infopaymentclaimoffice404@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: res.infopaymentclaimoffice404@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 04 Aug 2014 22:09:20 +0800 (CST)
Subject: Compensation payment

Head Office: Branch Office: Pretoria
77B Liverpool Street Reserve Bank Building
London, EC2M 7PY 370 churches Str.Pretoria, 0001

United Kingdom. South Africa.

FOREIGN EXCHANGE UNIT

CREDIT SECTION FUND MONITORING AND AUTHORISATION DEPARTMENT
COMFIRMATION OF OVERDUE PAYMENT

Attn: Beneficiary.

This message serves to inform you that the joint agency have finally concluded arrangements

towards your lottery payment, Contract, Inheritance, and also for reported SCAMMED VICTIMS which has been on hold here in our bank and our revenue service department for a long period of time due to lack of cooperation and communicating with wrong officials of the

bank, in view to this the Ministry of Finance in conjunction with First Commercial Bank London and the United Kingdom Inland Revenue gathered concerning how all delayed winnings/contract and inheritance, funds will be immediately released into designated bank account of the beneficiary in your country without further delay since we're at the end of the economical year 2013/2014 which is now due to be released since the said fund belonged to you.

We apologies for the delay of your payment and all the inconveniences that this may have caused during our ongoing investigation on the reason for delay, however we have made contact with the Reserve Bank Of South Africa to handle the Final Release of your fund into your account since you cannot meet up all the charges requested for the release of fund into your account as the beneficiary internationally go through the link to see those that has accepted to use their humble offices to see that this procedure is a success (http://www.whoswhosa.co.za/south-african-reserve-bank-20991).

The bank of England Director (Mr. Spencer Dale and Dr S. Bernanke from America Federal Reserve Bank New York) also sounded a very serious warning and issued the last instructions/order to the revenue Service Department England to quickly release all funds placed on hold which is either in an escrow account or vaults of any bank respectively to the sole beneficiaries which your name has been listed in our database for compensation, To Claim Your Fund you will need to contact the office of the Reserve Bank Remittance and Account Department on the email address: (res.infopaymentclaimoffice404@gmail.com) or call them on this direct mobile line:
+27 845777054 with your details make sure you give them all your cooperation to guide you through the clearing and the processing formalities for immediate release of your benefited fund into your designated bank account.

Provide below the requested details when contacting the South African Reserve Bank for official clarity.

FULL NAME: TEL:

ADDRESS:

Yours Faithfully
President and CEO

Dr/ Mr. Stephen Banda
First Commercial Bank London

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