419 scam: "Mr. Christopher A. Wray" <support@savoy-sharm.com> CONGRATULATIONS

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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.
- remidepart@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Christopher A. Wray" <support@savoy-sharm.com>
Reply-To: remidepart@accountant.com
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2018 00:40:57 +0100
Subject: CONGRATULATIONS

Attention;

I have sent you this same letter to your home address severally but i didn't know if it get to you, my sending it again to because of the recent meeting between the United Nations, Cyber Crimes Commission (CCc), Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) and the United States Government to restore the dignity and Economy of Nations based on the Agreement with the World Bank Assistance Project to help and make the world a better place. We have been having meetings for the past 3 months with the Secretary General of the United Nations.

This email come to those who are yet to receive their compensation/inheritance/winnings and who have been scammed in any part of the world, this includes every foreign contractors that may have not received their contract sum, and people that have had an unfinished transaction or Compensation payments that failed due to Government problems etc. Recently we the Federal Bureau of Investigation(FBI) arrested internet fraudsters and Scammer with large amount of money so if you are receiving this email its means you where select to be compensated as a scam victim among selected victims with part of the money recover from the internet fraudsters account, . The UNITED NATIONS have agreed to compensate you with the sum of $2,000.000.00 USD (TWO MILLION DOLLARS ONLY).

People where selected across the Globe for this COMPENSATION and Your name and email was in the list submitted by our Monitoring Team observers and this is why we are contacting you, this have been agreed upon and have been signed, so you are advised to contact Mr.Mmadu Ofo of remittance department of the United Nations Compensation Commission at ( remidepart@accountant.com ) as he is our representative in Africa. Contact him immediately for your Compensation payment of $2,000.000.00 USD (TWO MILLION DOLLARS) which will be released directly to you in accordance with legal clearance and procedures.

However, you should reconfirm to him below of your details

Full Name....
Country...
Direct Telephone Number...
your Residential Address...
Gender...
Occupation....

Contact Mr.Mmadu Ofo immediately for your compensation payment.

Best regard.
Christopher A. Wray

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