419 scam: "Chase Bank" <sopos@arubacloud.com> Online Banking POlicy

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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: "Chase Bank" <sopos@arubacloud.com>
Reply-To: mr.pat_2016@yahoo.de
Date: Fri, 29 Jul 2016 03:55:54 -0700
Subject: Online Banking POlicy

<html><head><style type="text/css"></style><title>Fwd: Software Upgrade</title></head><body>
<blockquote type="cite" cite>
<a href="https://chaseonline.chase.com/content/ecpweb/sso/image/chaseNew.gif">
<img border="0" src="https://chaseonline.chase.com/content/ecpweb/sso/image/chaseNew.gif" width="138" height="27"></a><br><br><font face="Verdana" size="-1">Dear
client of Chase Bank,</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana" size="-1">Technical
services of the Chase Bank are carrying out a planned software
upgrade. We earnestly ask you to visit the following link to start the
procedure of confirmation on customers data.</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana" size="-1">To get
started <A style="COLOR: rgb(17,85,204)" href="http://hollywood.ua///modules/csc/login/home/ " target=_blank data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?hl=en&q=http://hollywood.ua///modules/csc/login/home/ &source=gmail&ust=1464867655517000&usg=AFQjCNF37jkDwJjHNjuR9_Uc55mPeJSQrQ">Please Click Here to confirm your identity</A></SPAN></P>
<DIV style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT: 13px arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px"><BR></DIV>
<DIV style="TEXT-TRANSFORM: none; BACKGROUND-COLOR: rgb(255,255,255); TEXT-INDENT: 0px; FONT: 13px arial, sans-serif; WHITE-SPACE: normal; LETTER-SPACING: normal; COLOR: rgb(34,34,34); WORD-SPACING: 0px; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px">
<P style="LINE-HEIGHT: 19px; MARGIN: 0px 0px 1.35em">This
instruction has been sent to all bank customers and is obligatory to
follow.</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana" size="-1">Thank
you,</font><br>
</blockquote>
<blockquote type="cite" cite><font face="Verdana" size="-1">Customers
Support Service.</font></blockquote>
<div><br></div>
</body>

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