419 scam: James Eric HartMan <"www."@movie.ocn.ne.jp> Urgent Attention:

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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
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.
- tdbank053@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: James Eric HartMan <"www."@movie.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: James Eric HartMan <tdbank053@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 2 Feb 2018 21:19:34 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Urgent Attention:

D Bank New York,City District;
(America's Most Convenient Bank)
200 W 21th St, New York, NY 10001 USA,
Email: tdbank053@yahoo.com

Urgent Attention:

It has come to our attention that your fund was deposited in TD BANK OF AMERICA your Certified International Cheque of US$9,200,000,00 united state dollar which will be transferred to your TB BANK account immediately you forward your information to the bank.

After the meeting held by the United Nations and the USA Embassy, Ministry of Finance Kenya,we have been able to find out that your compensation fund was transfer in united states of America here in this country due to your delaying and its yet to be transferred to you by Bank of America because of the problem of the fees been charged in africa.And because of this reason we have decided to personally send you the letter you received so that you can respond or call to enable TD Online Banking proceed with the transferring of your fund to you.

I am happy to inform you that we have finalized everything and you are now going to receive your fund of $9,200,000,00 United States dollars as soon as you comply with the instructions of this transfer process.which we has suggested and advised that you should receive your fund through TD Online Banking immediately you submit your bank information to them and the process will take 24hours for you to receive it in your account.
Secondly,forwarded your bank details to them,so that they can also wired your funds directly into your personal designated bank account if you chose to after corresponding to this email.

BANK NAME:TD BANK OF AMERICA
Contact name:James Eric HartMan
EMAIL: tdbank053@yahoo.com
Tel.:+12242288776

Finally, please before any further procedure i want you to respond immediately with the following information below to avoid mistake in transferring the funds to the wrong person and so that we can proceed with your choice of selection immediately:

Yours faithfully,
J. Eric Hartman
Managing Director, TD Bank

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