REV.MIKE DAVIS - Central Bank of Nigeria scam

BEWARE of any unsolicited email with the sender's name showing as 'REV. REV.MIKE DAVIS' [sic - the 'REV.' part actually appears twice, seemingly a typing error], and with the subject line 'Am Very Sorry For The Delay To Your Payment'. Such an email may arrive to your SPAM / junk mail folder. Do not open any such email, just delete it.

Before deleting such an email that arrived to my SPAM mail folder, I copied / pasted that sender's name and subject line, and ran a web search, which revealed that the name REV.MIKE DAVIS has been documented elsewhere on the web as an email scam claiming to be the Director, International Telex Department, Central Bank of Nigeria. That alone is a dead giveaway for an email scam, but for what it's worth, it's an alleged 'CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY PAYMENT' fraud. Reports elsewhere on the web indicate that this email scam was operating as early as July 2010. BEWARE of this low life scammer, they are still operating.

Hi antiscamfiend,

When reporting scammers, could you please include their email adresses and the emails? Thanks for participating

Hi antiscamfiend,

When reporting scammers, could you please include their email adresses and the emails? Thanks for participating

Hi Michael

There is a good reason why I personally didn't include an email address or email text for this particular scam alert, and that is because I did not open the email. I saw it sitting at my SPAM folder, read the sender / subject line details [REV.MIKE DAVIS / 'Am Very Sorry For The Delay To Your Payment' ], and instantly recognized it as a scam email. I did not open the email, as opening such emails of course normally alerts the sender, prompting them to send more such emails. I decide then to report what little details of the scam possible without opening the email.

Nonetheless, I did find a report of this exact email scam at similar information sources elsewhere on the web, and found the following sample scam email, complete with sender / reply email addresses :

From: "service" <[email protected]>
Reply-To: [email protected]
Date: Wed, 28 Jul 2010
Subject: Am Very Sorry For The Delay To Your Payment

FROM THE DESK OF REV.MIKE DAVIS
Director International Telex Department
Central Bank Of Nigeria C .B .N
Call on HotLine : +234-80820-80405

CONFIDENTIAL DIPLOMATIC IMMUNITY PAYMENT

ATTN:

I am REV.MIKE DAVIS the Director International Telex Department C .B .N. I decided to contact you because of the prevailing security report reaching my office and the intense nature of polity in Nigeria.This is to inform you about our plan to send your fund to you via cash diplomatic Delivery method , this system will be easier for you and for us too.

We are going to send your contract part payment of US$15.5Million to you via Diplomatic courier service.

I have secured every needed documents to cover the money. Note: The Money is coming in two {2} security proof boxes, the boxes are sealed with Synthetic nylon seal and padded with machine. I will use my position as The Director international Telex Department C.B.N to release this fund to You. The boxes are coming with a Diplomatic agent who will accompany the Boxes to your house address.

1. Your full name and house address
2. Your identity such as, international passport
or driver's license
3. Your contact phone numbers.
4.Your occupation

The Diplomatic attached will travel with this required information for the delivery of your fund. He will call you immediately he arrives Your country's airport. I hope you understand me. I will let you know when these consignments will be lifted, and Note: The diplomat does not know the original contents of the boxes.

What is declared to them is Sensitive Photographic Film Materials. I did not declare money to them please. If they call you and Ask you the contents please tell them the same thing OK.

Contact me immediately and I will let you know how far I have gone with The arrangement.I will secure the Diplomatic immunity clearance Certificate that will be tagged on the boxes to make it stand as a diplomatic consignment, which I will dispatch along with the security inner Keys of the consignments to enable you access these consignments as soon as it delivered to you.

Reply to my private Email:([email protected]) for security reason.

This clearance will make it pass every custom checkpoint all over the world without hitches. Confirm the receipt of this message and send the requirements to me Immediately you receive this message.Please I need your urgent reply because the boxes are schedule to airlift as soon as we hear from you.

Best Regards,

REV.MIKE DAVIS
The Director International Telex Department
Central Bank of Nigeria.
Federal Republic of Nigeria.
Call on HotLine : +234-80820-80405

I did not open the email, as opening such emails of course normally alerts the sender, prompting them to send more such emails.

No need to worry about that, really. 99,9% of these scam mails are just plain text, I have yet to see the first that sends back notifications. These mails are being sent out by the thousands, they really aren't going to go through hundreds of notifications to filter out the people that opened it. They are only interested in people that actually reply to them. If someone opened it and didn't reply, it's a pointer that they aren't falling for the story, and the scammers certainly aren't going to waste their time with people they can't trick.