419 scam: PLEASE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY <deaconesselizajose@gmail.com> Please Your Response Is Needed Urgently

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: PLEASE RESPOND IMMEDIATELY <deaconesselizajose@gmail.com>
Reply-To: adhoc.committee@aol.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2022 15:46:18 +0100
Subject: Please Your Response Is Needed Urgently

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Attn

Am sorry to inform you that your payment was to be made/credited on a
global master ATM Card this morning,but it's unfortunate that we could
not find your information on our system maybe because of fire incident
which destroyed our database and other important facilities.

You are advised to immediately resend your information to me such as
your names in full,your nationality,your contact address,your phone
number,your occupation.To enable us credit your fund on the master ATM
Card which will be sent to you in your country for your use to be
making withdrawal of your fund from any ATM Machines around the
world.Note,your daily withdrawal is $15,000 while you can make
transfer of $150,000 from the master card to your bank account on any
ATM Maching daily.Kindly respond to this message immediately with all
required information of yours.

Signed
Chiugo Ndubuisi
Executive Director
Treasury and International Banking
United Bank For Africa

Anti-fraud resources:

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