419 scam: "SECURITY DEPARTMENT"<info@usa.org> Your Outstanding Bill Payment notification 2017

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million 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)
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.
- privateoffice01@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "SECURITY DEPARTMENT" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <privateoffice02@yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 16 May 2017 14:27:19 -0700
Subject: Your Outstanding Bill Payment notification 2017

Re: Your Outstanding Bill Payment notification 2017

How are you doing today? I am Pleased to inform you that we have made arrangement with Federal Reserve bank of America *NEW YORK* to release your payment sum of $5.5 Million dollars, right now your payment files has being transfer and Deposited into escrow account with Federal Reserve Bank for immediate attention. In a nutshell, Clinton Margret, Secretary to the Federal Reserve Bank of New York Deputy President (Mr. Kenneth Lamar) will assist you, ensuring that you receive your payment as soon as possible therefore contacts her through any of under mentioned email addresses:

privateoffice01@yahoo.com

Meanwhile, I got a surprising message this morning stating that you are dead, that you died last week of a ghastly motor accident, I do not believe the story because an attempt has been made severally to divert this funds since approval for payment into another account but I always decline to append my signature hence this message to you.

However, Kindly reconfirm your full names, home/office address and mobile phone number and identify card for clarification and verification. Address to above named person of: 146 Headquarters Plaza, Morris-town, NJ 07960, United States

PAYMENT APPROVAL DEPARTMENT

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