419 scam: "Agent: Brian C. Turner"<www.bia.bj@live.com> Urgent Message

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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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- ",500,000" (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)
- "economic and financial crimes 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. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Agent: Brian C. Turner" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <intelligenceagency991@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2023 10:54:32 -0700
Subject: Urgent Message

NOTE: I was directed to send this message one more time because we still found your fund pending. We have finalized with the UBA to release your funds because I have contacted the Zonal Office of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission, EFCC,and have secured the conviction of UBA.

You are under an observational /Investigation in connection with money laundering. If your fund comes from a legitimate and legal source, the proper guidelines for you to recover the right of transaction is to provide the official monetary transaction release document so that your funds will be legally processed and recorded and accounted for and then finally released to you. On the other hand the FBI have come to rescue you from the African banks in regards of demanding fee after fee on your transaction, with the little power on us we were able to get your ATM card from the bank. Your bank debit card valued sum of 4,500,000 USD.

This amount of $4.5 million allegedly belonged to you, you are the beneficiary of the said fund. You inherited a fund from the IMF through their program in West Africa. When you were supposed to receive this fund you did not, they failed because you went the wrong way, provide the $150 today,you're expected to get this fund by ATM debit card from United Bank for Africa under 24 hours if not your fund will be confiscated and you will face the law according to the provisions of the Financial and Allied Matters Decree 5 as amended in sub-section C (6) of 2003, which stipulates that any monitory transaction been done in the United States Of America, must have proper records, which duly guarantees and covers the transaction as legitimate and legally acquired and not criminally or terrorist associated funds. This is due to ongoing terrorist activities/economic crimes on and against the Canada and United States of America citizens.For easy communication send message or call or text at +1
202 389 6080.Treat as urg

Thanks
Brian C. Turner
FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION (FBI) HEADQUARTER ADDRESS: EDGAR HOOVER BUILDING935 PENNSYLVANIA AVENUE, NW

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