419 scam: "Office Contact" <Office@suncor.com> ABOUT YOUR PAYMENT

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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
- ",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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Office Contact" <Office@suncor.com>
Reply-To: jbrown0440@yahoo.com
Date: 30 Jan 2018 07:52:45 -0800
Subject: ABOUT YOUR PAYMENT

Dear Beneficiary,

Hurry now and claim your fund from the Central Bank of Nigeria or
your fund will be confiscated by the wicked officials of the CBN.

My name is MISS JANET BROWN, I am a Computer Scientist working
with Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN). I am 25 years old, just
started working with CBN.

I came across your payment file marked X and your released disk
painted RED. I took time to study it and tried to find out why
the funds were not released to you. Those evil officials can
never tell you the truth that they won't release the fund to you;
instead they allow you spend your hard earned money
unnecessarily.

I do not intend to work here forever; I can help you claim your
fund if you can certify me of my security and assure me that you
would compensate with me after you must have received your
payment. I must do this because you need to know the status of
your payment and cause for the delay. This is like a Mafia
setting in Nigeria and you may not understand because you are not
a Nigerian.

The only thing needed to release this fund to you is the Original
INTERNATIONAL TRANSFER PERMIT (ITP), which will be tendered to
any of your nominated bank and the Internal Revenue Service IRS
for clearance of the transferred amount in your account.

Once the Original TRANSFER PERMIT Certificate is secured, fund
will immediately reflect in your bank within 24 HOURS. The only
authorized and sincere person who will issue you the Original
Documents is Dr. Ibrahim Bello. Make sure you indicate your file
letter X and tell him its painted color Red so he will be able to
recognize your file. The president made a compensation fund
release for all unpaid beneficiaries/contractors and scam
victims.

Therefore, you are going to receive a total sum of $5,000,000.00
(FIVE MILLION DOLLARS) for this year 2018 as recorded in your
file here and will be transferred to your bank account as soon as
the Original document is obtained.

Do get back to me ASAP if you are still interested in claiming
your fund so that I can give you further direction and contact of
Dr. Ibrahim Bello.

Yours sincerely,
MISS JANET BROWN.

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