419 scam: "OBEAHON OHIWEREI" <info@yandex.com> Your File NO: NIC227/9005774/0001

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "lagos" (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 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.
- +2348144357440

Fraud email example:

From: "OBEAHON OHIWEREI" <info@yandex.com>
Reply-To: info@keystone-ng.com
Date: Wed, 03 Apr 2019 13:48:51 -0700
Subject: Your File NO: NIC227/9005774/0001

Keystone Bank - Head Office Branch
No. 1, Keystone Bank Crescent,
Off Adeyemo Alakija Street,
Victoria Island, 100272,
Lagos, Nigeria

Value Attention:

How are you doing? I want to inform you that the Nigeria Anti-Crime Commission has arrested those Heads of Banks and Couriers Companies and other compensation units, because they made it impossible for beneficiaries to claim their compensation funds so that they will fraudulently divert those funds to their private accounts.

Consequent upon the aforementioned, I was personally mandated to handle this matter to ensure that all funds trapped in African Banks are urgently retrieved and paid to the actual Beneficiaries under a legal manner. Our team of experts were delegated to Benin Republic, Nigeria, Ivory Coast and Ghana for this task and we discovered your File NO: NIC227/9005774/0001 as unclaimed fund. It was discovered that officials of the Bank has only put up illegal requirements in order to make it difficult for you to claim your fund.

The Nigeria Department of Treasury has retrieved all Files of illegal transactions and we will be working under a legitimate arrangement to ensure that you follow the normal process to receive your fund ( AMOUNT TO BE CLAIMED: $6,500,000.00 USD ) via online INTERNET BANKING.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

OBEAHON OHIWEREI
MANAGING DIRECTOR/CEO,
KEYSTONE BANK
+234 814 435 7440
Email: info@keystone-ng.com

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