419 scam: "Joy Adams"<morris_thompson1@yahoo.com> Re: About Your Unpaid Fund

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Joy Adams" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <joy.adams@accountant.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Nov 2015 04:06:29 -0800
Subject: Re: About Your Unpaid Fund

Dear Friend,

I am Miss Joy Adams Mezie, a computer scientist with Central Bank of Nigeria`s Account Dept. I am 26 years old, I came across your file which was marked X and your released disk painted RED, after studying it, l found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and obtained all certificates yet the fund was not released to you.

The most annoying thing was that they could not tell you the truth that on no account will they ever release the fund to you, but they let you spend money unnecessarily.

I can release this fund to you if you can guaranty me of keeping this confidential for those officers not to be aware as my security is more important to me as my life will be in danger if they happen to know that I released the funds to you. Please this is like a Mafia setting here in Nigeria, you may not understand it because you are not a Nigerian. Also assure me of compensating me as soon you confirm the funds in your account.

The only thing I will need to release this fund is a special HARD DISK, we call HD120 GIG. I will buy two of it, recopy your information, destroy the previous one, punch the computer to reflect your bank within 24 banking hours. I will clean up the tracer and destroy your file.

SPECIAL INFORMATION:

YOU WILL SEND THE FEE FOR THE HARD DISK FIRST BEFORE I MAKE YOUR TRANSFER OR YOU BUY THE HARD DISK IN YOUR COUNTRY AND SEND IT TO ME. DON'T CONTACT ME IF YOU CAN NOT SEND THE HARD DISK FEE FIRST OR THE HARD DISK. AS SOON AS I RECEIVED YOUR EMAIL I WILL LET YOU KNOW HOW MUCH THE DISK WILL COST YOU.

Do get in touch with me immediately. You should send to me your convenient tell/fax numbers for easy communications and also reconfirm your bank details, I will give you my direct telephone line for further conversation as soon I receive your response.

Regards,

Miss Joy Adams Mezie.

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