419 scam: "PROF.HASSAN SADIQ"<office@megalan.bg> ATTN

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- cbntelexdeptoptn.ng@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PROF.HASSAN SADIQ" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <cbntelexdeptoptn.ng@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 10:23:12 -0500
Subject: ATTN

Dear Sir/Madam,

It was resolved after the Board meetings today by the foreign

Remittance office to release all outstanding payment waiting for

transfer as we begin the second fiscal payment of the year.

We would appreciate if you can collaborate with us to receive the fund

from the bank on our behalf, so that we can invest the said fund in

your country into any profitable joint business venture with you as

the overseer of the business.

The fund emanated from an over invoiced contract that has been

executed and the executor of the

contract has since been paid off actual contract benefit, it is the

over invoiced sum of US$10,500,000.00, that I and colleague in the

office want to use our position in the office transfer into any

reliable trusted foreign bank

account. If have agreed to co-operate with us to receive the fund,

please update us with your full Information:

(1) Full names

(2) Private phone numbers

(3) Current residential address

(4) Occupation

(5) Mark of Identity

The requested information we shall use to normalize the document in

our office to bear your name as the beneficiary of the fund.

Best Regards

PROF.HASSAN SADIQ

BILL & EXCHANGE DIRECTOR

E-mail: cbntelexdeptoptn.ng@gmail.com

Website: www.bceao.int

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