419 scam: "U.S BANK" <deliverycompanies70@gmail.com> U.S. Bank

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "U.S BANK" <deliverycompanies70@gmail.com>
Reply-To: usbank024@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 5 Apr 2018 10:32:35 +0100
Subject: U.S. Bank

*U.S. Bank1025 Connecticut Ave. NW, Ste. 510. Washington, DC 20036SWIFT
(US): USBKUS44XXXFounded: United States of AmericaHours: Open 24 HoursFOR
YOUR INFORMATION: BENEFICIARY.After today's board meeting of the management
of this bank, Ministry of Finance,Internal Revenue Service of the United
States (IRS), The Reserve Bank and the World Bank Directorate it was
gathered that your overdue compensation fund worth US$5 Million has been
deposited with this bank for onward payment/ transfer to your
designated/choose bank account. the reason for this is because your name
was among the scam victims that lost a lot of money to African and European
Fraudsters, you are hereby advised to without delay stop all contact going
on between you and anybody on internet because you will end up at
nothing.RE-CONFIRM YOUR BELOW DETAILS.Your Full
Name__________________________Your Residential Address________________Your
Sex/
Age___________________________Occupation______________________________Telephone/Fax___________________________Next
of Kin_____________________________The US bank will immediately remit your
account once I reconfirm your banking details.Your utmost response is
needed to enable us proceed with your payment.We are looking forward to
hear from you.Thank you for choosing US Bank.Yours Faithfully,Mr. Rick
RuzziExecutive Region Manager*

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