419 scam: "Mr. Donald Collins" <test@TESLAGROUP.biz> ATTENTION BENEFICIARY........(ARE YOU TRULY DEAD?)

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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:
- "million 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)
- "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 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.
- +2348154678291

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Donald Collins" <test@TESLAGROUP.biz>
Reply-To: skyeplcfiles2@admin.in.th
Date: Mon, 01 Sep 2014 15:11:18 -0500
Subject: ATTENTION BENEFICIARY........(ARE YOU TRULY DEAD?)

FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA
CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA
OFFICE OF DIRECTOR FOREIGN REMITTANCE
GARKI ABUJA.NIGERIA.

Our Ref: FGN/CFCR/SH-VOL.04/2014

Please Attention To This Notification.

Attention Beneficiary

I wish to congratulate you for the made progression, i have been informed by his Excellency governor of central bank of Nigeria that your contract funds part-payment of $10. 5million, (ten million five hundred thousand dollars) has been effected since 29th august, 2014, though it's quite discourages to me that non-concern to notified me since then,

However we are surprise this morning when we received email from Ms. Diane l. McAlister whom claim to be your representative proving to us that you are dead and you instructed her to claim your valued contract funds part-payment of $10.5 million. In line to this she forward to us the below following account information for us to transfer the fund into her account. Now here comes the big question. Are you truly dead? Did you instruct anyone to claim your contract funds? Please as the matter of the urgency reconfirm the truth to us immediately else we shall go ahead and transfer the total funds into her account without waste of time. Below is the account in which she forward to us as follow.

BANK OF AMERICA
ST. PETERSBURG, FLORIDA, USA
NAME # DIANE L. MCALLISTER
ACCOUNT# 003767127294
ROUTING # 063100277
65 JABOTINSKY ST\#2
RAMAT GAN, ISRAEL 54224

Please do reconfirm to us as a matter of urgency if this lady is from you and has your authority to receive your fund. If this lady is not your representative, you are requested to fill and send this information for verification purpose, so that your fund value contract funds part-payment of $10.5million united state dollars will be paid to you through online banking method, the fastest transfer mode. Or alternatively anyway you may wish to receive your fund as instructed.

1. YOUR FULL NAME..........................
2. YOUR TELEPHONE......
3. FAX...................................................
4. AGE...........
5. SEX....................................
6. YOUR OCCUPATION................................
7. YOUR ADDRESS........................

However, we shall proceed to issue all payment details to the said Ms. Diane l. McAlister, if we do not hear from you within the next seven working days from today, we will process and release the fund into Ms Diane l. McAlister account.

Confirm your receipt of this mail without delay.....

Best Regards,

Mr. Donald Collins.
Director Foreign Remittance.
Call +2348154678291

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