419 scam: "zenithbank/un"<admin@jean-patrique-cookware.co.uk> ***SPAM*** IMPORTANT MESSAGE!

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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:
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "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.
- +2348166214186
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.
- zenithbankplc1960@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "zenithbank/un" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <zenithbankplc1960@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 2 Aug 2015 17:15:27 +0100
Subject: ***SPAM*** IMPORTANT MESSAGE!

ZENITH BANK WELFARE UNIT IN AFFILIATION WITH THE NIGERIAN GOVERNMENT,
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND AND UNITED NATIONS.

ATTENTION:BENEFICIARY

Following the joint session with the aforementioned organizations which eventually resulted to a unanimous decision by all party resident
representative. It was resolved that all the beneficiaries under category (A) and (B) that was victimized/scammed through Internet or other relative means by Africans precisely Nigerian's will be compensated through the World Bank program in conjunction with International Monetary Fund and United Nations.It was agreed after careful analysis that the list compensation for every victim will be a minimum of USD$500,000 and maximum of USD$3,000.000 pending on the volume involved therein from the recovered sum of over USD$3.5 Billion by the economics and financial crime commission
(EFCC).

In the fight against internet fraud which is a gross set back for this Country and Africa in general, the Federal Government of Nigeria initiated and enacted the Economic and Financial Crime Commission(EFCC) to fight internet and other relative financial crime and so far the commission have been able to recover the aforementioned amount.

However, the present Head of States GENERAL MUHAMMAD BUHARI issued an expressed approval and authorization after the report of findings and the
consensus agreement reached during the joint session with the aforementioned office resident representative. The president (Mohammadu Buhari) has sworn to repay all scammed victims. These include foreign contractors that may not have received their contracted sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems etc, We have a database of victims which you are among the list and that is why we are contacting you to receive your compensation accordingly. you as one of the bonafide beneficiaries is required to contact the below officer for your compensation:

Mr.Peter Amangbo
Position:MD
Zenith Bank Plc
Abuja - Nigeria
Telephone no: +234-8166214186
Email: zenithbankplc1960@yahoo.com

Therefore, you are required to provide the following information to Mr.Peter Amangbo for final vetting and immediate release of your compensation.

1 YOUR FULL NAME.
2 COMPANY NAME.
3 MAILING ADDRESS.
4 CONTRACT AMOUNT .
5 AMOUNT YOU LOST.

Thanks for your understanding and anticipated cooperation, we are doing our best to sanitize this nation.Looking forward to your prompt response.

Regards,

The Republic Of Nigeria ,
Department of Public Information, United

Nations 2015
For more info on the UNCC, see:
http://www.uncc.ch/
http://www.un.org/sg

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