419 scam: "Mr. Andrew Smith"<joseph@powerflash.com.tw> REPLY FOR MORE DETAILS

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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:
- ",000,000" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Andrew Smith" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <andrew_smith@mail2consultant.com>
Date: Tue, 31 Oct 2017 18:26:15 -0400
Subject: REPLY FOR MORE DETAILS

Attention

Re: Payment Guarantee of your approved part payment fund $5Million

I work with WORLD FUND DISCOVERY OFFICE (WFDO) Under WORLD BANK, Indonesia Branch. I was redeployed to Indonesia due to scam activities going on both in USA, Asia and all over the globe to recover all unpaid overdue inheritance/contract funds.

We have recovered (36) funds and your own was among others. Therefore be officially informed that we have verified your contract/inheritance fund file and found out that you have not received your fund (US$5Million). Be informed that part of your fund will be paid to you by bank to bank wire transfer.

I want you to know that you are not sending me any money for any fees i will only give you Detals of the payment bank in Indonesia where your fund will be pay to you without any delay.

You are advised to re-confirm,

Your Name, Address, Occupation and Phone Number to Claim Your Fund $5,000,000.00. Kindly treat as a matter of utmost urgency because delay could be very dangerous geared you receiving your recovered fund. It may interest you to know that a lot of fund beneficiaries have started receiving their recovered funds now.

Get back to me Asap.

Congratulations in advance.

Regards,

Mr. Andrew Smith

Chairman Investigation and Debt Settlement Committee Indonesia.

Anti-fraud resources:

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