419 scam: "AfDB"<contact@afdb.org> Credit Wire Instruction

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "economic and financial crime commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
- "(efcc)" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "AfDB" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rachel@gauthier.us>
Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2022 15:20:33 -0000
Subject: Credit Wire Instruction

Attention: Honourable Beneficiary,

Instruction To Credit Your Account
We have received a payment credit instruction from Economic and Financial Crime Commission (EFCC), International Monetary Fund (IMF) in conjuction with United Nation Compensation Commission (UNCC) to credit your account with your full compensation fund of One Million Dollars ($1,000,000.00) from their reserve account with our bank.
For guidelines and to immediately receive your US$1,000,000, kindly contact our Payment Director, Mrs. Rachel Flowers Gauthier today by email with the following information as stated below:
Name: Mrs. Rachel Flowers Gauthier
E-mail: rachel@gauthier.us
Reference number: CHR /20/CoV/20 UPY2
{1}. Your Full Names
{2}. Your Address.:
{3}. Your phone number:
{4}. Your Bank name and address:
{5}. Your A/c Name and A/c Numbers:
{6}. Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers:
{7}. A Copy of Your Valid ID
Please do provide the above information correctly, as this office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds or liability of funds credited into a ghost account.
PLEASE NOTE: All correspondence to Mr. Rachel Gauthier Flowers, should have the above stated reference number: CHR /20/CoV/20 UPY2 including the above details.

Yours in Service,
Mr. Michael Kabore
Regional Manager.

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