419 scam: DIAMOND BANK NIGERIA PLC <offce.fil@gmail.com> THE DIAMOND BANK FORMAT

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: DIAMOND BANK NIGERIA PLC <offce.fil@gmail.com>
Reply-To: DIAMOND BANK NIGERIA PLC <diamond.bank@inbox.lv>
Date: Sun, 24 May 2015 03:56:15 +0900 (JST)
Subject: THE DIAMOND BANK FORMAT

DIAMOND BANK NIGERIA PLC,.
K/M 2 ENUGU ONITSHA EXP.
WAY UNIZIK,AWKA ANAMBRA
STATE NIGERIA.DATED 19TH
MAY 2015

DEAR VALUED CUSTOMER,WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT PRESIDENT GOOD-LUCK
JONATHAN OF NIGERIA IS LEAVING HIS PRESIDENTIAL SEAT COMES MAY 29TH
2015, AND YOU ARE HEREBY TO PROVIDE YOUR BANK INFORMATION TO US TO
ENABLE US TO TRANSFER YOUR $10.5MILLION USD INTO YOUR ACCOUNT BEFORE
29TH OF MAY 2015.

THE NIGERIA GOVERNMENT WANT TO FULFILL HIS PROMISE BY REFUNDING ALL
THE SCAM VICTIM THERE LONG AWAITING MONEY SPENT WITHOUT SEEING THE
OUTCOME.HE WANT TO TRANSFER ALL FUND BEFORE 29TH MAY WHEN THE INCOMING
ADMINISTRATION IN THE PERSON OF RETIRED GENERAL MOHAMMAD BUHARI
OFR,GCFR WHO WON UNDER THE PLATFORM OF ALL PROGRESSIVE CONGRESS WILL
TAKE OVER AS THE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA 2015.

ALL WE NEED IS
1 YOUR BANK NAME
2 ACCOUNT NUMBER
3 YOUR ACCOUNT NAME
4 SWIFT CODE
5 YOUR BANK PHONE NUMBER
6 BANK BRANCH
7 YOUR EMAIL ADDRESS
8 YOUR PHONE NUMBER
9 ROUTING NUMBER
10 YOUR ID CARD OR PASSPORT
11 YOUR COUNTRY
12 YOUR BANK ADDRESS

REMEMBER THAT AFTER THE FUND TRANSFER,YOU ARE TO PAY FOR THE FUND
TRANSFER CHARGE OF $25,000.00

REGARDS DIAMOND BANK PLC

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