419 scam: "Engineer. David Paul" <mrpauldavid09@hotmail.com> Attention:Beneficiary

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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)
- "(ecowas)" (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: "Engineer. David Paul" <mrpauldavid09@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: "Engineer. David Paul" <davidppaul20@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 9 Apr 2019 17:12:03 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary

Attention:Beneficiary
Dear Sir,
After series of talks and understanding with various officials here, regarding your unclaimed funds. I write to inform you that we have moved the sum of TWENTY MILLION DOLLARS 20000000.00 through the Barclays Bank PLC. London United Kingdom, for them to start the onward Swift Transfer of your fund.

The above mentioned amount represents part of your funds, as we cannot move the entire Amount at a trench, for sensitive reasons. Thus you would be expected to contact the Barclays Bank PLC. London United Kingdom, as to enable you proceeds with the claim of such fund.

Our reasons for this latest development is because the Federal Government, has directed that all unclaimed sums MUST be moved to the Single Treasury Federal Government Account (S.T.F.G.A.), by the end of this second Financial Quarter of this year 2019. Thus the Financial Quarter will come to an end very soon.

You are therefore required to expect correspondence opening up communication with the Barclays Bank PLC. London, and as soon as you received any correspondence with them, and follow up with their instructions, regarding to this your fund claim.

Note that upon the actualization of your claims of the money, you will settle me and other the people who has also assisted you in one way or the other to make sure that part of your fund was moved out to stop your total sum from being moved to the Treasury Single Account (TSA) of the Federal Government.

Acknowledge your receipt of this mail and await an immediate correspondence from Barclays Bank PLC. London, as they must commence dealings with you without delay, as to meet up with for your money to get to you before the end of this financial quarter.

Do field me with your dealings with Barclays Bank PLC. London United Kingdom from time to time, so that we can also advice you where necessary.
Am expecting your immediate response to this my email.

Yours faithfully,
Mr. David Paul.
Director: Economic and Monetary Affairs (ECOWAS).

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