419 scam: "Mr. Adams William"<inf@static.ctm.net> RE: REMITTANCE OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Adams William" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <eastwoodctb@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 30 Oct 2015 12:06:23 -0400
Subject: RE: REMITTANCE OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS

Eastwood Commercial Bank
Logistics Unit,
Remittance Dept.

RE: REMITTANCE OF UNCLAIMED FUNDS

Sequel to the last annual general meeting held on the 26th of October 2015 with all banks and financial parastatals in respect of the outstanding payments being owed to various customers, be informed that an immediate order has been passed on to designated banks to proceed to remit an initial part payments to clients with outstanding payment.

Subsequently, our banking institution was officially instructed to process and pay the total sum of $1,850,000.00 (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars).

Be informed that the payment has already been wired into an online account opened in your favor and your regional account manager assigned to guide you tried to get in touch with you on several occasions with no avail, below are the online login details for your perusal:

Eastwood Commercial Bank
Online Banking Website Page: http://eastwoods.com/
Username: HSB1000390761121
Password: 3e62wt8f

Note: That your account/Username is temporarily your Reference Number with our bank, as soon as you have confirmed the receipt of this confidential message, your account details will be changed to your desired information data.

Yours sincerely,
Mr. Adams William
Eastwood Commercial Bank

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