419 scam: "PRESIDENCY*" <vp.nigeria06@gmail.com> Your Payment Advice

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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:
- "outstanding contractors" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "info-mainstreetbanklimited@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "info-mainstreetbanklimited@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
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.
- +2348058291038 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)
- 2347096263591

Fraud email example:

From: "PRESIDENCY*" <vp.nigeria06@gmail.com>
Reply-To: vp_yemi@outlook.com
Date: Fri, 14 Aug 2015 08:30:34 -0700
Subject: Your Payment Advice

*OFFICE OF PROF OLUYEMI OLULEKE OSINBAJO*
*VICE PRESIDENT OF FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA*
ABUJA-NIGERIA
*Email: vp_yemi@outlook.com
<https://mail.yandex.com/re.jsx?h
uCm7sG0Cn1IDdmB_TLhAQw&l
R0cHM6Ly9tYWlsLmdvb2dsZS5jb20vbGl0ZS9jb21wb3NlP3RvPXZwX3llbWklNDBvdXRsb29rLmNvbQ>*

*Date: 14th August. 2015Our Ref: FGN/FMF-CBN/VOL.0010285/015Attn:*
Beneficiary

Permit me to use this medium to thank you contractors for your
unalloyed endurance and support all these while the Government of this
nation have owned you for the contract you executed for quite some time
now. It is very understandable that you have really endured and this is the
period this Government want to put a smile on your faces.

Sir, all our outstanding contractors that have not receive their
contract payment under president, Dr. GoodLuck Jonathan Regime, This New
President Gen. Muhammadu Buhari felts your pains and your burden with you
and that is why I granted this immediate release of this payment to you.

So, what you need to do now is to indicate how you want this payment send
to you. You should specify either by Telegraphic Transfer, ATM or any other
way(s) that can fit your desire.

Contact Person: Mr. Abubakar Sadiq Bello
Executive Director of Mainstreet Bank Limited
Email: info-mainstreetbanklimited@yandex.com
<https://mail.google.com/lite/compose?to=info-mainstreetbanklimited@yandex.com>
Direct Number: +2348058291038

Call or email him now and inform him that you received an email message
from the office of the Vice Presidency Federal Republic of
Nigeria, instructing you to call him for the immediate release of your
contract/Inheritance payment, also forward your contract/Inheritance amount
and banking details to his office to avoid transfer mistakes.

Note that his email was officially opened so that we can monitor all
communications.

Also, you should call him personally to discuss with him. This is the last
opportunity and you should use it now.

Congratulation.

*Thank.Best Regards, Prof. Oluyemi Oluleke Osinbajo The new Vice President,
Federal Republic of Nigeria Tel: 2347096263591*
*Email: vp_yemi@outlook.com
<https://mail.yandex.com/re.jsx?h
uCm7sG0Cn1IDdmB_TLhAQw&l
R0cHM6Ly9tYWlsLmdvb2dsZS5jb20vbGl0ZS9jb21wb3NlP3RvPXZwX3llbWklNDBvdXRsb29rLmNvbQ>*

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