419 scam: <washingtona3@tetle.sz.cx> Washington DC, USA

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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:
- "million us 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)
- "my direct telephone number" (a "direct line" in a scam usually means an untraceable mobile phone number used by a scammer in an internet cafe, a redirection service number that forwards to a mobile or a free voicemailbox in a different country.)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: <washingtona3@tetle.sz.cx>
Reply-To: <marksobelemailbox@qq.com>
Date: Wed, 20 Jan 2016 03:22:53 -0800
Subject: Washington DC, USA

Attention;

KINDLY TREAT THIS EMAIL AS HIGHLY CONFIDENTIAL:

I am Mark Sobel, World Bank Senior International Auditor (based in Washington DC USA). World Bank in conjunction with the International Finance Corporation, PriceWaterHouseCoopers (Accounting Audit Firm), Deloitte (Accounting Audit Firm), KPMG (Accounting Audit Firm), Heads of Governments, Central Banks and Treasuries have appointed myself and my audit team to audit the financial books and records of Royal Dutch Shell Corporation, British Petroleum, Chevron Corporation, ConocoPhillips Australia Pty Ltd, NNPC Nigeria, ExxonMobil Australia (Esso), OMV Australia Pty Ltd, Shell in Australia, New Zealand Oil & Gas and 97 other Corporations from 2002 to 2015 to ascertain why huge sums of contract funds are not paid till date. These contract funds have been lying fallow in some of these Corporations Offshore Bank Accounts and not paid for years.

The World Bank in conjunction with all other authorities as listed above have come together to authorize the immediate Auditing of the Financial Books and Records of these Corporations and to ensure all unpaid contract funds are duly processed and paid to the respective contractors or representatives. This is also prompted by the steady falling Oil prices which has caused the authorities to ensure all unpaid contract funds are duly processed and paid out without delay or hitch.

In the course of my audit and accounting investigation at these Corporations as World Bank/IFC Appointed Independent Auditor, one of the unclaimed numerous contract funds amounting multi-million US Dollars caught my attention. The contract has been long approved and ready for payment but the foreign expatriate contractor, (An Asian-American) who executed the Contract has long died since 2005 in the South American Island of Martinique while on vacation. Since December 2005, the Contract Fund has been ready to be paid to either his Associates, Representatives or Next Of Kin but the contract documents and papers did not specify or made mention of the name of who his Associates, Representatives or Next Of Kin are to receive the fund.

As a Lawyer and Auditor that worked on the contract details and has all facts and documents about the contract, I have the legal contract documents and papers to present you to the Corporation as his Associate, Representative or Next Of Kin to enable us receive the contract fund which has been authorized and approved for payment.

The Corporation has approved the payment to be released via the Corporation's Offshore Bankers in USA, Chase Bank New York. I need your partnership to claim the unclaimed and approved contract fund ready for payment. I shall present you to the Corporation as his Associate or Representative and I will back it up with the Original Contract documents at my disposal and the fund shall be released to us while we share it accordingly in a percentage that we both shall agree upon. I will give you my details, my direct telephone number, fax, copy of my international passport and further details of the Contract once I receive your response that will enable us move on to claim the fund successfully within a short period.

Regards,

Mark Sobel
Washington DC, USA

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