419 scam: "Mr. Yeng Ka"<johnt@ucla.edu> Please you are advised to reconfirm your personal information's

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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:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "info@ftbkonline.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.

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <yang.ka7783@yandex.com>
Date: Thu, 26 Jan 2017 03:25:45 +0100
Subject: Please you are advised to reconfirm your personal information's

Attn:

We are sending this message to all the people that have been scammed in every part of the world, the UNITED NATIONS agreed upon to compensate them with the sum of US$3,000,000.00 (three Million United State Dollars Only). This includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or international businesses that failed due to Government problems E.T.C. We found your name and information on our list. so we are contacting you to&nbs

Please you are advised to reconfirm your personal information's to us so that we can verify your details from our beneficiaries list in other to be sure that we are dealing with the right person. thereafter we will direct you to the payee bank for your instant payment.The informations needed are your full Name and telephone number/your correct mailing address and also your international passport copy or any valid ID CARD. Contact the paying bank (info@ftbkonline.com)

Thank you and God bless you and your family.

Regards

Mr. Yeng Ka

SECRETARY GENERAL.

UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION.

Anti-fraud resources:

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