419 scam: "COO/Treasury & Collectibles" <contractors_chase@financier.com> To Whom It May Concern

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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:
- "fidelityinvestments@collector.org" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "COO/Treasury & Collectibles" <contractors_chase@financier.com>
Reply-To: fidelityinvestments@collector.org
Date: Tue, 31 Mar 2015 16:21:07 -0500
Subject: To Whom It May Concern

Chase Directives on Claimant's Process & Realization of Pending Remittance

Sir/Ma,

Be informed that your names/info appeared among the companies/persons who could be paid US$8.5Million by SWIFT Transfer, if the Chase legalization/attestation Certification is done on its Remittance vetting and validating and on the would be Payment Release Documents of the expectant Remittance through US or UK Legalization Office.

Chase in collaboration with the US legalization, can accord and effect Remittance,if the required legalization is done, which authorizes the legalization Officialdom to confer and empower all concerned Offices to effect Remittance,if claimant could settle legal processing charges of US$5,250.00, payable to the legalization Personnel at: fidelityinvestments@collector.org

Endeavor to send your operational current bank account details with contact info, whether be it personal or corprate account to Fidelity Investments for filing and to record same with all concerned units.

Thanks for your coop.

Yours Faithfully,

Chief Operating Officer
Treasury and Collectibles
JP MORGAN CHASE BANK
270 Park Avenue, New York, NY 10017
TEL: +1-212-270-6000, Fax: +1 732 909 0081

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