419 scam: "Michael Wilson"<a.deiringer@bausch-entsorgung.de> REVERT BACK URGENTLY.

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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: "Michael Wilson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michael.wilson@onet.eu>
Date: Mon, 1 Aug 2016 04:07:54 -0700
Subject: REVERT BACK URGENTLY.

HI DEAR,

AM MICHAEL WILSON WORKING AT THE FOREIGN OPERATION DEPT OF CITY NATIONAL BANK CALIFORIAN, GET BACK TO ME AS SOON YOU RECEIVE THIS MAIL.

I HAVE TO TAKE THIS UPON MYSELF TO CONFIDE TO YOU ABOUT YOUR ALLOCATED FUNDS APPROVED FOR PAYMENT TRANSMISSION WHICH IS PRESENTLY WITH OUR CORRESPONDENT BANK IN EUROPE, PROGRAMMED FOR WIRE TRANSMISSION TO US FOR FURTHER CREDIT TO YOUR DESIGNATED BANK.

BUT SOME OFFICIALS OF THE BANK ARE TRYING TO DIVERT THE PAYMENT TO UNKNOWN ACCOUNT BY FORWARDING AN ACCOUNT THAT DOES NOT BEAR YOUR NAME AS THE BENEFICIARY TO OUR CORRESPONDENT BANK IN EUROPE, CLAIMING THAT YOU AUTHORIZED THEM TO DO SO ON YOUR BEHALF, KNOWING TOO WELL THAT YOU ARE NOT AWARE OF THIS PAYMENT APPROVAL.

OUR CORRESPONDENT BANK IN EUROPE RECENTLY COMMUNICATED MY DEPARTMENT TO CONFIRM FROM YOU IF YOU GAVE ANY ONE AN AUTHORIZATION TO RECEIVE THE WIRE TRANSMISSION PAYMENT ON YOUR BEHALF.

GET BACK TO ME IMMEDIATELY.

I AWAIT FOR YOUR IMMEDIATE RESPONSE.

YOURS FAITHFULLY,

MICHAEL WILSON.
TEL: 1 803 619 6542.

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