419 scam: " Nigerian House of Representatives"<Madison@fcvnet.net> I wait your urgent respond.

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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:
- "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 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.
- nigerianhouseofrepresentati@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " Nigerian House of Representatives" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <nigerianhouseofrepresentati@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Dec 2016 17:08:38 +0100
Subject: I wait your urgent respond.

Nigerian House of Representatives

National Assembly Complex,

Three Arms Zone,

P.M.B 141, FCT, Abuja, Nigeria

In regards to your mail update well noted, I am Dr Ben Ojo from the

Nigeria house of representative am in charge of all foreign payment,

there is a file in my office which was prepare from the presidential

office to compensates all scam victim and your email address is among

the mails I was in the file that is the reason I contact you.

Moreover the fund was map out from the federal Government account to

settle the entire scam victim all over the world to save the good name

of our country.

In order you need to present to this honorable office your full

details and your working ID card for the essay claim of your fund

worth of $1.8million,

Moreover we need you to notify us on how you want your fund to be

sending to you.

I wait your urgent respond.

Regards

Dr.Ben Ojo

E-mail:nigerianhouseofrepresentati@gmail.com

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