419 scam: "Mr. Godwin Emefiele"<info@GHEUGANDA.COM> Did You Ask Mr. Johnson Edwary To Contact Our Bank ?

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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:
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- paulbless1k@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Godwin Emefiele" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infofr@financier.com>
Date: Thu, 19 Mar 2015 14:54:15 +0100
Subject: Did You Ask Mr. Johnson Edwary To Contact Our Bank ?

Good Day,

How are you? What is keeping you from responding to our mails? The world bank have approved our bank as the rightful bank that will handle all the

out standing fund/payment own by foreigners.We have contacted you couple of times yet there was know response from you. Meanwhile I have received mail from

Mr. Johnson Ed-wary saying that you ask him to contact us and claim your $6.8 Million fund is that true? Also he fax us a power of attorney saying

that you ask him to claim your fund on your behalf.

Bellow are the bank account details he provided to us for the transferring of the fund.

Bank Name: Royal Bank of Canada (RBC)

Bank Address: 200 Bay Street P.O. Box 1, Royal Bank Plaza Toronto, ON M5J

2J5 Canada.

Account Holder: JOHNSON ED-WARY

Account No: 74527097777

Routing Number: 759rbc

Swift Code:xxb854

Please confirm to us if truly you are the one or not that ask him to contact us for the claiming of the fund. You are only advice to contact us on this

email address ( paulbless1k@mail.com ) Kindly send us your contact address with direct phone number.

Mr. Godwin Emefiele.

Central Bank Of Nigeria Governor(CBN)

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