419 scam: "ZENITH BANK, LONDON PLC" <cedrickjones247@gmail.com> RE: YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT PROGRAMME

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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:
- "clearance fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- ",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)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447045778655 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- mrs.victoria.london222@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "ZENITH BANK, LONDON PLC" <cedrickjones247@gmail.com>
Reply-To: smith.rogers.worldbnk11@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 5 Jun 2017 13:25:14 +0100
Subject: RE: YOUR COMPENSATION PAYMENT PROGRAMME

World Bank/United Nations
Scammed Victims' Compensation Program.
From: Smith Roger

Dear

Re: Dual payment Release Agreement in your Favour.

My name is Mr. Smith Roger, a Consultant with the United Nations and the World

Bank. It is my utmost pleasure to notify you that the management of these two

great Organizations through International Collaboration/Networking Deposit

Insurance Corporation, wishes to inform you about your approved
compensation sum

of 2,000,000.00 GBP (Two Million British Pound Sterling) as one of the scammed

victims submitted to us by Microsoft Internet Fraud Monitor (MIFM).
We have been

mandated by the International Association of Deposit Insurers (IADI)
of World Bank

of Switzerland and the United Nations office In
New York USA to release this approved said fund to you without any
iota of delay.

We have been monitoring their activities using so many online fraud detective

tools since last year and we have arrested all the entire individuals that took

part in this scam.The above compensation sum has been approved for
payment to you

through World Bank/ UN Treasury account with Zenith Bank( UK) Limited
of England.

We have signed an irrevocable agreement with the Queen of England and the

management of the Zenith Bank( UK) Limited, of England clearly stating that an

international sanction shall be placed on their country if they fail
to make this

fund available to you and the other approved 99 victims
within the next 72 banking hours.

Note: That, the only fee we approved is London Metropolitan Police Fund Report

Clearance Fee which must be made directly to the London Metropolitan Police

Special Fund Monitoring/ Clearance Agents in UK. Once the London Metropolitan

Police clears and endorses your payment, no individual or organization
can stop it

on transit till it has been confirmed in your possession

We hereby advise you to contact the most reliable, credible and
trusted person in

Zenith Bank(UK) Limited. who has been appointed to handle this special

compensation payment scheme by name Mrs. Victoria Brown through her most

confidential contact information as stated below:

Name: Mrs. Victoria Brown
Organization: Zenith Bank London(UK)Limited.
Position: Director,International Remittance
E-mail:mrs.victoria.london222@hotmail.com
Telephone : +447045778655

The UN/World Bank has processed and released the below stated payment release

codes to you which you must confirm to Mrs. Victoria Brown before she
can attend

to you for security purpose:

Payment Allocation Code: UN/WB-NIG0039LP
Payment Reference Code: 07154CBN
Payment Agreement/Area Code: 39
Approved Amount: ?2, 000,000.00GBP

N/B: You have to keep these information very secret because anybody
that has these

codes is automatically the beneficiary of this approved fund.

In view of this, the above offices will not be held responsible for
your inability

to respond to this official letter within 2 banking days, because the
World bank

and United Nations have given us a 72 working hours mandate to
conclude with this

transaction and for your own interest you should keep this information very

confidential till you have access to this fund.

In case if you need any clarification, do not hesitate to ask, we are
always there

to meet your needs.

Yours in service,

Smith Roger
Consultant with the world bank/United Nations

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