419 scam: First Bank of Nigeria <anngaruba657@gmail.com> Greetings to you from First Bank of Nigeria PLC.

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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:
- "death certificate" (this phrase is often used in inheritance scams such as next of kin or https://www.419scam.org/419-murdered-businessman.htm">orphan scams. )
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- yourfundapprove@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: First Bank of Nigeria <anngaruba657@gmail.com>
Reply-To: yourfundapprove@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 05:41:49 +0100
Subject: Greetings to you from First Bank of Nigeria PLC.

First Bank of Nigeria
35 Marina Rd, Lagos Island, Lagos, Nigeria,
Foreign Remittance Department
Contact Email : yourfundapprove@gmail.com

Good Day,

Greetings to you from First Bank of Nigeria PLC, there is presently a
counter claim on your funds by one Mr. John Lewis this morning, who is
presently trying to make us believe that you are dead and even
explained that you entered into an agreement with him before your
death. He was trying to divert your inheritance fund $7.5 M(Seven
Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars) to his personal bank account in
the United States of America.He told us that you died on Monday,
October 11, 2021 in a vehicle that crashed into a pole and caught fire
in North Hollywood.

Are you truly dead as he has claimed? Do you make anyone with the
name John Lewis your next of kin? He submitted your death certificate
to the bank and claimed that you are dead. We are currently
investigating if you are dead or not after Mr. John Lewis contacted us
this morning saying that you are dead so that's why we are
investigating if you are truly dead or not.

Did you sign any deed of assignment in favor of ( JOHN LEWIS ), He
further claimed that you died on Monday, October 11, 2021 in a vehicle
that crashed
into a pole and caught fire in North Hollywood.

https://abc7.com/north-hollywood-crash-deadly-car-crashes-into-pole-catches-fire/11111028/

He told us that you have been buried, thereby making him the current
beneficiary with his following account details:

ACCOUNT NAME: John Lewis
AC/NUMBER: 6503809428.
ROUTING/122006743,
B/NAME: Bank of America (B.O.A),
ADDRESS: 700 13th St NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA

We shall proceed to issue all payments details to Mr. John Lewis, if
we do not hear from you within the next two working days from today.

Kindly provide us the below information about yourself:

Your Name:
Your Home Address:
Your Country:
Date of Birth:
Direct Phone Number:
Whatsapp Number:
Current Occupation:
Age / Sex :
A copy of your ID Card for proper

You should provide us with the above information asap, if you want to
claim your fund today. Finally, I ask for your mutual understanding
and cooperation to serve you better.

Keep this email message confidential.
Get back to us immediately
Yours truly,
Mr. James Williams
Director of Foreign Remittance Department.

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