419 scam: "FROM POLICE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS," <augustinegospel1@gmail.com> WE WAIT YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE

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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. )
- "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)
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.
- am5040080@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FROM POLICE COMMAND HEADQUARTERS," <augustinegospel1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: am5040080@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 17 Mar 2023 16:56:49 +0100
Subject: WE WAIT YOUR PROMPT RESPONSE

FROM FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION.F.B.I OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR
HEADQUARTERS IN WASHINGTON DC 935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE NW WASHINGTON DC 20535 USA
IN CONJUNCTION WITH police command headquarters NIGERIA

REPLY TO am5040080@gmail.com

ATTENTION BENEFICIARY

This notification email is coming to you from Police Command
Headquarters and please immediately you receive this message do let us
know by responding back, because we need to carry on with this
important work accordingly, we are writing to let you know that we
have three gentlemen arrested in the Western Union/Money Gram
yesterday name Eze John and Augustine Oge also fake Diplomat, and one
of them came from Accra-Ghana and through our investigation we
discovered your email address from one of them, which proved that they
have scammed you before, The fact is that one of them made us clear
that they did scammed you.

you are also advised to send down the amount you have spent to this
internet scammerâ€™s here in Africa so far, first thing tomorrow morning
we shall lead them to court and from the court they will be sent to
jail and court will reverse back all your money you have lost in the
past including your total sum which we confirm from our record $5.5
Million Dollars only.

These individuals in our custody have confessed they have other
syndicates communicating and scamming people in other parts of the
world like, USA, Canada, Europe and Asia. Desist from any suspicious
emails or phone calls from any of these places and report such to us.

You are hereby advised to email us back immediate with the needed
details below,including the amount they collected from you, if you do
not know the exact amount you have spent under internet scammer's
control, do advise us with your past experience with those scammers,
but if you don't know the specific amount you have spent, do tell us
that you don't know the amount so that the court will charge the
Countries how much they will pay you as your re-Compensation. Please
all we need is the truth and if you never spent any money to the
scammers just clerify us

In addition, you are required to reconfirm your details/data so that
we can cross check with the record in our file to be sure that we are
corresponding with the bonafide owner of the fund to avoid wrong
payment. Such reconfirm-able details are as follows.

Full Name:...............
Address:....................
Country:.....................
Telephone:....................
Mobile:........................
Email:.........................

Bank Name:--------------------------
Address:----------------------------
Account No.:------------------------
Routing No.:------------------------
Swift Code:-------------------------
Account Name:-----------------------

Waiting for your prompt response.

Yours Sincerely
Inspector Usman Alkali Baba
The Inspector-General of Police (IGP)
F.C.T. Police Command Headquarters

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