419 scam: " Dpl Lauren Sullivan"<enka@adbt.com> Update

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: " Dpl Lauren Sullivan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <laurensullivan713@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 12:34:18 -0800
Subject: Update

Dear Friend,

The Federal government of Nigeria published in the official gazette last time, mandating the African Development bank to offset all debts emanating from contracts executed by foreign contractors and files of next-of-kins submitted for payments. This is my second email notification to you regarding this, but you ignored my email and did not respond. We received a letter from a woman from Florida who claims to be your next of kin. Attached is her Florida Driver's License for your perusal.



Kindly confirm the above if you read this message to enable us release the fund to her or otherwise. I wonder why you stopped communicating and refused to meet the obligation of completing your transaction with my predecessor. I am a British Citizen and was posted here from the African Development bank through the world bank to quietly pay the affected beneficiaries but what i have discovered here so far is a bad omen.



You being a victim of this circumstance, the settlement of your due fund through the right link is not supposed to exceed 10 bank working days but has taken months and years. This message is to exonerate you from total mess and pay you the approved fund through the AFDB without you undergoing same route any more. Kindly reply asap.



Yours Sincerely,



Mrs Lauren O Sullivan

Corporate Finance Associate

African Development Bank

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam