419 scam: "Ms. Sigal P. Mandelker"<info@usa.org> Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic delivery"
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. )
- "consignment " (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)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- ",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)
- "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)
- "diplomatic delivery" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
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.
- financial2020intelligence@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Sigal P. Mandelker" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Financial2020Intelligence@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2020 14:49:34 +0200
Subject: Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence

Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C. 20220
United States of America EMAIL: ( Financial2020Intelligence@gmail.com )

Tuesday, March 10th, 2020

Attention Beneficiary,

Through our Security Monitoring Intelligence Unit and with a collaborative effort with the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), we have successfully recovered your fund worth's of Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars (US$10,500,000.00), awarded to you as a compensation by the African Union (AU). The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent.

Therefore, we are hereby notifying you regarding your payment (US$10.5m) that recovered from a Delivery Agent named "Mr. Robert Smith". Through our further investigations on this issue, we understood and realized that the said fund (US$10.5m) was awarded to you by the African Union (AU) as a result of your protracted and long-overdue Contract, Inheritance, Lottery and Compensation.

Furthermore, your fund was assigned to be deliver to you as a "CONSIGNMENT BOX" through a Diplomatic Delivery means by "Diplomat Robert Smith" but unfortunately we discovered and realized that he, Mr. Robert Smith was trying to siphon and divert your fund assigned for his delivery to you directly into his personal accounts in the United States of America. He attempted to divert your fund into his personal U.S BANK ACCOUNT through his colleagues a Banker but unfortunately their evil plan and agenda was failed. Through a reliable source we got the information concerning this illicit and criminal acts and we were able to monitor this transaction through our Special Financial Intelligence Team, Security Monitoring Intelligence Unit and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and by the special grace of God your fund (US$10,500,000.00) was recovered, safe and intact.

The Office of Terrorism and Financial Intelligence (TFI), is an agency of the United States Department of the Treasury. The basic and primary responsibility of this agency (TFI) is to reduce and stop the use of the financial system for illicit activities by Terrorists (groups and state-sponsored), Money Launderers, Drug Cartels, and other national security threats. This agency are working in collaboration with the Financial Action Task Force (FATF), International Monetary Fund (IMF) and others international financial security agency for combating money laundering, terrorist financing, WMD proliferation, and other criminal and illicit financial activities.

The Office of Terrorist Financing and Financial Crimes (TFFC) works across all elements of the national security community including the law enforcement, regulatory, policy, diplomatic and intelligence communities and with the private sector and foreign governments to identify and address the threats presented by all forms of illicit finance to the international financial system. TFFC advances this mission by developing initiatives and strategies to deploy the full range of financial authorities to combat money laundering, terrorist financing, WMD proliferation, and other criminal and illicit activities both at home and abroad. These include not only systemic initiatives to enhance the transparency of the international financial system, but also threat-specific strategies and initiatives to apply and implement targeted financial measures to the full range of national security threats.

Finally, we request for your immediate response upon receiving this notification to enable us discuss further on this issue in order to finalize on your payment immediately. Also kindly reconfirm and forward to us all the necessary information & details below, ( Financial2020Intelligence@gmail.com )

[1] YOUR FULL NAME:.....................
[2] FULL ADDRESS:.........................
[3] PHONE NUMBER:......................
[4] VALID ID CARD:.........................

We are waiting for your immediate response and confirmation of all the above necessary information and details requested to enable us proceed and finalize on your payment immediately. Urgent response and anticipated cooperation will be highly appreciated ok. I'm looking forward to hear from you as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully,

Ms. Sigal P. Mandelker
Under Secretary of the Treasury
for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence
United States of America

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