419 scam: "Mrs Grace Philips"<info@grace.org> HELP ME

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "levy " (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. )
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "inland revenue" (Tax offices mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. Even after you pay their fake tax demands you will still not receive the non-existent funds you have been promised. )
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
- "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 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.
- johnsonphilips39@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Grace Philips" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnsonphilips39@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2020 14:00:29 +0100
Subject: HELP ME

FROM; Mrs Grace Philips.

CHIEF ACCOUNT OFFICER/Regional Manager,

UNITED BANK FOR AFRICA.

HEAD OFFICE FALOMO PLOT 96/97

BROAD STREET

P.B.Box 28933 Lagos Nigeria.

E-Mail:johnsonphilips39@gmail.com

Dear Sir/Madam.

My name is Mrs Grace Philips. I work as the Regional Manager of United

Bank For Africa Plc. With operational office at Falomo,

Lagos-Nigeria. I am 48 years of age with three kids. I have packaged

transaction that will be of mutual benefit to both of us. As the

Regional Manager of United Bank For Africa Plc, Falomo, it is my duty

to send financial report to the Head office at Abuja, the Federal

Capital Territory.

During the second quarter financial report ending June, 2010, I

discovered that one of the branches under my portfolio failed to

detect the sum of US$20.3M (Twenty Million three Hundred Thousand

United States Dollars) accruing to the Inland Revenue Services (IRS).

The renowned official auditors did not moved the funds into an Escrow

call account with no specific beneficiary attached.Meanwhile,and for

obvious reasons, I cannot be directly connected to this money but I

can levy claim to it with help from outside. This is my reason for

contacting you to assist by receiving the funds into your bank account

in your country.

This is very possible provided you liaise properly with me. At the end

of the transaction, you will receive 40% of the total funds as your

benefit. The transfer of the money will be made by swift and will be a

Bank-to-bank wired transfer. Consequently, all I need from you is to

stand- in as the original depositor of this money. I will then compute

all your particulars and details as the rightful person who made the

deposit initially at my branch so that my Head Office will authorize

the immediate transfer of the money to your designated/nominated bank

account in your country.

Send these mentioned below to me urgently to enable me apply for

application of claim.

1.Full Name:.....................................................

2.Address:.......................................................

3.Nationality:...................................................

4.Age:........Date of Birth:.....................................

5.Occupation:....................................................

6.Phone:...............Mobile:.............:...................

7.State of Origin:......................Country:.................

8. Copy of your Identity Card

Yours Sincerely,

Mrs Grace Philips (Regional Manager).

EMail:johnsonphilips39@gmail.com

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