419 scam: "Central Bank of Nigeria Fines MTN $8 Billion"<sales@saninstruments.xyz> Central Bank of Nigeria Fines MTN $8 Billion

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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:
- "western union" (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. )
- "money gram" (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. )
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "abuja" (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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- robertdonaldson28@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Central Bank of Nigeria Fines MTN $8 Billion"<sales@saninstruments.xyz>
Reply-To: <robertdonaldson28@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 13 Jun 2020 08:02:33 -0700
Subject: Central Bank of Nigeria Fines MTN $8 Billion

Central Bank of Nigeria Fines MTN $8 Billion.

Attention Dear Beneficiary!

Greetings/Respected

Wishing you and your entire family members more health and safety during this coronavirus pandemic"COVID-19".

I am re-sending you this note today 13/06/2020 at 22:11:27 AM as a reminder to my Proposal that I sent to your address; earlier

Accordingly, we tried severally to debit the total charges fees from your $1.6 million without success. We then discovered to our rude shock that your $1.6 million is electronically bonded by UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES, Internal Audit, Monitoring, Consulting and Investigations Division. And when money is electronically bonded, it implies that no financial institution, no government, no regulatory agency, neither even the benefactor nor the beneficiary, has any legal power WHATSOEVER to deduct or pilfer with any amount from the money until the money arrives in the beneficiary's final Country Home Address.

Bonding of payments serves to protect the beneficiary from all forms of arbitrarily and exorbitant deductions and pilfering, that normally comes in the form of high bank charges, high fees and high governmental levies. Consequently, we have contacted the UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES, Internal Audit, Monitoring, Consulting and Investigations Division because it is their office that electronically bonded your $1.6 million and they informed us that they bonded your Funds for security reasons and your $1.6 million as a measure to firmly protect your full $1.6 million until it arrives in your Country Home Address. Meaning you the beneficiary will be responsible to pay/settle the mandatory/required charges fees only.

The UNITED NATIONS OFFICE OF INTERNATIONAL OVERSIGHT SERVICES should have realized that we cannot illegally pilfer into or deduct any customer's fund in any arbitrarily manner without a legitimate course. Anyway, the only option is for you the beneficiary to pay/settle the mandatory outstanding charges so we can proceed on this delivery with immediate-effect.

Lastly, Please make very sure that once you confirm this funds through an ATM CARD, try your possible best and see that you really move to various charity homes and pay your Tilth and also make sure that you build orphanage homes for GOD from the total fund OK!

So you are advice to reconfirm to us your below details,

Beneficiary Full Name:...,
Address:.,
Tel:.... *Fax:..,
Age/sex:...Passport:...

Below is the payment information you will use to send the required charges fee of $480 only through western union money transfer, Ria or money gram!

Receiver's First name: MR. ADOM
Second name: OKECHUKWU
Last name: KELVIN
Address: Abuja/Nigeria.

Thank you.

Reply back to us accordingly; we wait for your expedite response.
Sincerely looking forward to receiving your response.

Contact E-mail: robertdonaldson28@gmail.com
Telephone No: +234-18336448

May GOD bless us regarding this matter!

Yours in service,

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