419 scam: WEMA BANK PLC <maduemeziejenifer@gmail.com> DEAR BENEFICIARY

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
- "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.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- wemabnk_plc.ng@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)
- omole cl, victoria island 106104, lagos nigeria email:wemabnk_plc.ng@hotmail.com attn: fund beneficiary change of beneficiary (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: WEMA BANK PLC <maduemeziejenifer@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wemabnk_plc.ng@hotmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 05:32:29 -0400
Subject: DEAR BENEFICIARY

WEMA BANK PLC
Plot: 45 Lawrence Omole Cl,
Victoria Island 106104,
LAGOS NIGERIA
Email:wemabnk_plc.ng@hotmail.com

Attn: Fund Beneficiary

CHANGE OF BENEFICIARY
---------------------------------------

I hereby send to you the information submitted by Mrs Hassan Abdullah
Hamad zamor of Eventor company cooperation of the United Arab
Emirates , with an application to receive
your payment on your behalf. Please as a matter of urgency, you are
required to verify the following information and inform us if you are
aware or know anything about this.

This morning Mrs Hassan Abdullah Hamad zamor came to the office
claiming that you
have instructed him to come and receive the payment on your behalf
with some representatives.
I have asked them to come back tomorrow as they did not provide any
power of attorney from you which will prove that you truly sent them,
This was to enable me to contact you to verify how genuine these
people are to you.

1. Did you instruct one Mrs Hassan Abdullah Hamad zamor of of Eventor
company cooperation, of the United Arab Emirates
. whose information is below, to claim and receive the
payment on your behalf?

2. Did you sign any 'Deed of Assignment' in his favor thereby making
him the current beneficiary with the following account details?

Bank Name: Capital One 360
Bank Address: 727 Hamdan Bin Mohammed St - Al Danah - Zone 1 - Abu
Dhabi - United Arab Emirates
Account Name:Mrs Hassan Abdullah Hamad zamor
Account # CK36014030450
Swift code: N/A
Routing # 031176110
ID Account# 126-402-126.

Finally, you are hereby advised to indicate to this honorable office
with immediate effect, if you are the person that instructed Mrs
Hassan Abdullah Hamad zamor, to come for the claim of your fund worth
of
$15,000,000.00 (Fifteen Million United States Dollars), to enable us
endorse the final payment approval order on his behalf. Endeavor
to send your reply to the CEO wema bank PLC Nigeria
(wemabankceomrmorufoseni@gmail.com ) for urgent attention. We
shall be waiting for your urgent and prompt response.

Thanks,
Mr. Ademola Adebise.
DIRECTOR,
WEMA BANK PLC

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