419 scam: "Barr Anthony Oyibo Esq." <dorry@pccfze.com> IMPORTANT!!

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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: "Barr Anthony Oyibo Esq." <dorry@pccfze.com>
Reply-To: tonyoyibo21@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2016 10:28:47 -0600
Subject: IMPORTANT!!

Attention: The International Centre for Settlement of Investments Dispute (=
ICSID) has after verification of report from United Nations Fraud and dispu=
te investment commission (UNFID). Approve to compensate you for the loss yo=
u might have incurred in the pursuit of your contract or Inheritance paymen=
t with the government of some West African countries so many years ago. The=
present government, after due consideration and advice from the ICSID, SEC=
, EU, UN and the AU decided that a compensation amount of $1,250,000.00 sho=
uld be paid to you and nine others each. We at the ICSID and Securities and=
Exchange Commission have been charged to assist in this by going through t=
he Stock Exchange to trade stocks to raise capital for this Payment to you.=
It=92s obvious that some of these hoodlums are presently at large. If you =
have any dealings with such, you are advised to henceforth put a stop and a=
lso disregard their mails from now onward. Do respond as soon as Possible, =
your interest to collect/receive this payment so that we can move on with t=
he procedures. And complete the attached form to enable us processes your p=
ayment. Yours faithfully. Barr Anthony Oyibo Esq. (Debt Recovery Director i=
nternational center for settlement of investment disputes(ICSID)=20

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