419 scam: "WELLS FARGO BANK"<test@yunlianhy.com> $27.9m Is Approved

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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.
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.
- david.mrjames@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "WELLS FARGO BANK" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <david.mrjames@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 7 Jul 2015 00:04:39 +0300
Subject: $27.9m Is Approved

Attn:

This is to humbly informed you that your fund have been approved for
transfer into your bank account,after been appointed some few months ago we
find out that your outstanding due payment was been withheld for long ,now
that the fund have been approved i will advise you to be serious and
claim your fund once and for all.

And the only fee needed now from you is $33,900 to pay the mentioned document
for the transfer of your $27.9m and to get all legal document signed and
pay all international subsidiaries fees and IMF,immediately all this legal fee is
paid the transfer will reflect in your bank account without any delays.

Take note that the said fee $33,900 must be paid by you first before the
transfer is done,and the fee is to use and pay all international
subsidiaries including the IMF,(NDLEA) National Drug Law Enforcement
Agency, Internal Revenue Service (IRS) if this fee is paid and all
international fee is cleared the transferred will be successful.

As soon as we hear from you we shall give you instructions on how to wire
the $33,900 to bank account to enable the commence of the transferred
fund.

Bank Contact.

Mr Thomas Grant Penley
Email:wellsfargobank@usadmin.org
Email:david.mrjames@gmail.com
Tel:+14808085679

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