419 scam: "China Citic Bank"<harry_lau@asia.com> DID YOU AUTHORIZE MRS.ANGELA RIMS TO CLAIM YOUR FUND?

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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:
- ",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)
- "morganchen_citic@outlook.com" (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: "China Citic Bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <morganchen_citic@outlook.com>
Date: Tue, 19 May 2015 16:53:22 +0800
Subject: DID YOU AUTHORIZE MRS.ANGELA RIMS TO CLAIM YOUR FUND?

China Citic Bank
Fund Transfer Section
Asia Pacific
Ref: Remittance of (USD$9,500,000.00)

Attention:Beneficiary,

We got an instruction from our fund portfolio department of our correspondence bank to transfer the sum of $9,500.000 million into your account short listed by The World Bank Group under its supervisory Committee on finance global support programme randomly through online email data compilation officially sealed and insured,

surprisingly this morning, we received an email from Mrs. Angela Rims who claimed to be your representative and forwarded the following account details below to our office asking us to transfer the fund into her account.

Bank of America
St. Petersburg, Florida,
Mrs. Angela Rims
Routing # 063570379
United States of America.

Do let us know as a matter of urgency if actually this lady has your permission to receive your fund or on the contrary never your representative, you are officially required to fill and send details below correctly and precisely as soon as possible for verification purpose and for speedy processing of your fund.
For inquiries regarding this email message, please feel free to contact Mr. Morgan Chen via (morganchen_citic@outlook.com)

YOUR FULL NAME:
YOUR TELEPHONE:
AGE:
SEX:
YOUR OCCUPATION:
YOUR ADDRESS:

HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE SAID Mrs. Angela Rims IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT FIVE WORKING DAYS, WE WILL PROCESS AND RELEASE THE FUND INTO HER BANK ACCOUNT.

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. Morgan Chen.

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