419 scam: "PRIVATE ONLINE BANKING ACCOUNTS UNIT"<pm_accountdept@1nbpbvirginia.com> Personal Investment Proposal

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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:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "there is no risk involved" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "PRIVATE ONLINE BANKING ACCOUNTS UNIT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <willymp069@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2016 02:57:51 -0800
Subject: Personal Investment Proposal

Hello dear,

I know that this email may provide you with some skepticism about my type of proposal considering numerous security challenges resulting from so
many incessant activities which we all face online on daily basis,I'm proposing this to you with good faith as a personal/important business offer
and should be treated as such,there is no risk involved,so there is absolutely nothing to fear or worry about here as this is completely difference
from what you may think or experienced.

That being the case,I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and also get back to me if you are interested for more details as regards
to the transfer of US$25,397,000 to you. Actually this money initially belongs to a Libyan client who died in the Libya crisis and had no next of
kin in his account-opening package in my bank here in Virginia USA where I currently serve as Group Head,Client Service Director to customers
operating domiciliary accounts.

In other to achieve this, I shall require your full name, and telephone number to reach you personally. Most importantly, a confirmation of
acceptance from you will be needed after which I shall furnish you with the full details of this transaction or delete it if you are not interested.

Yours truly,
William

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