419 scam: "Home Payments Compliance"<c.gonzalez@grupobaptista.com.br> Attention from Payment Compliance and Enforcement Committee

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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:
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- hmepymtoffice@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Home Payments Compliance" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hmepymtoffice@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 13 Feb 2017 14:21:15 +0100
Subject: Attention from Payment Compliance and Enforcement Committee

Home Payments Compliance
International Monetary Fund (IMF)
Payment Compliance and Enforcement Committee
hmepymtoffice@gmail.com

From: Dr. Morgan Anthony

Sir/Madame

This Special Committee for Payment Compliance and Enforcement of the International Monetary Fund working in alliance with the United Nations Compensation Commission (UNCC), has issued out a total amount $1.09 billion USD to the Federal Reserve System (Bank) for immediate compensation payment of $3 million USD each to all scam victims and intercepted fund owners that were unable to comply with the IMF international fund transfer regulations.

However, this committee has the mandatory obligation to ensure that the Federal Reserve Bank complies with this latest round of payments” which “brings the total amount of compensation disbursed by this Committee and The United Nations Compensation Commission to $44.5 billion for more than 1.5 million successful claims of individuals, Governments, and international organizations.

Be informed that the Federal Reserve Bank will effect your payment in two batches. The first payment of $1,9million USD shall be credited into your account before this tomorrow while the balance of $1.1million USD shall be made available to you on by the beginning of next week.

Further, this Special Committee for Payment Compliance and Enforcement of the International Monetary Fund shall have three or five of our monitoring agents present at the Federal Reserve Bank before any payment is effected for security reasons.

We hereby request that you re-confirm your personal and receiving bank details to us so that we can ascertain that you are the true beneficiary of this approved fund before the Federal Reserve Bank makes the transfer to your nominated bank account.

For more directives, feel free to either send an SMS or call my direct telephone number: +18458599090

Congratulations.

Respectfully,
Dr.Morgan Anthony.
hmepymtoffice@gmail.com

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