419 scam: "Mr. Ignazio Visco." <njohn6john@tim.it> From: Mr. Ignazio Visco (Governor)

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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:
- "huge sum of money" (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)
- "transferred into your bank account" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Ignazio Visco." <njohn6john@tim.it>
Reply-To: bancaditalia.it@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 10 Sep 2017 20:59:00 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From: Mr. Ignazio Visco (Governor)

From: Mr. Ignazio Visco (Governor)
Banca D' Italia
Via Cordusio 5-20123, Mailano, Italy,

Hello,

This letter is written to you in a good faith. I am Mr. Ignazio Visco,
Governor with Banca D' Italia, Mailano - Italy. Recently, I came across a very
huge sum of money belonging to a deceased person (Christian Eich). He is
foreigner, unfortunately He is now late as he was amongst those that was killed
in the recent plane crash during his visit to London as you can confirm through
this website http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm.
This man was our client and he has a Fixed Deposit â‚¬1,200,000.00 Euro with 10%
interest for 17years now which is â‚¬2,400,000.00 plus â‚¬1,200,000.00 making total
of â‚¬3,600,000.00 Euros lying unclaimed in our custody and there is no next of
kin mentioned in his file and there is no how we can reach any of his other
relatives. All efforts made by us to establish contacts with any other of his
relation have proved abortive and unsuccessful also his fixed deposit will
expire in the next few weeks.

I am contacting you in view of the fact that the deceased customer is a
foreigner, it is officially important for the involvement of a foreigner who
will stand as a the owner of this unclaimed fund, I will use my exalted
position in this Bank to arrange all the necessary arrangement legally and
without any risk to present you as the next of kin and the fund will be Safely
transferred into your bank account.

I will give you more information as soon as you indicate your willingness to
assist me in this viable transaction, NOW LOOK FORWARD TO THE PLEASURE OF YOUR
KIND FAVORABLE RESPONSE FAIRLY SOON,IN THE MEANTIME WITH KINDEST REGARDS & BEST
WISHES OF THE WEEK,TAKE CARE MY DEAR.

TRULY & SINCERELY.

Mr. Ignazio Visco
Governor of Banca D' Italia
Mailano, Italy

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