419 scam: "Susan Lee Patrick"<info@saludos.com> Re:Confirmation Letter with Details read carefully ...!!!

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- 2349811829
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.
- aj8067636@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Susan Lee Patrick"<info@saludos.com>
Reply-To: aj8067636@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 08 May 2018 16:13:20 -0700
Subject: Re:Confirmation Letter with Details read carefully ...!!!

Attention,

We are pleased to contact you on this matter concerning some abandoned sum of money with the Nigerian Government and African countries.

Actually, this office is created by IMF international Monetary Fund agency; we take care of clearing issues concerning abandoned funds and money transfer irregularities all over the world.

Series of reports were received against the Nigerian Government and some other African countries over matters concerning fraud transfer and withheld completed contract funds and other fund-related matters.

However, we have come to put a stop to this and make sure all the unpaid legitimate claims are cleared without any hitch. All we need from you itâ€™s your understand and corporation to enable us to achieve this great goal.

Be informed that you are not indebted to anybody and you have nothing to pay to this organization for the job, this exercise is been taking care by the IMF and World Bank. So feel very free to open up to us in any question being asked in regards to this payment.

Having gone through your payment file, we found out your last update to matter was a letter of change of beneficiary account which you submitted through your lawyer. We can understand that you want your payment to be made to the WELLS FARGO BANK, 15282 SUMMIT AVE. FONTANA, CALIF. 92336 USA, ACCOUNT #: 2349811829,ROUTING #: 122000247,SWIFT CODE: WFBIUS6S

Please, confirm the authenticity of this Bank account and send to us one relevant document relating to this payment so that we can proceed.

Be informed that funds have been credited to a Bank in Panama where your transfer will be made from as soon as we confirm your legitimacy.

Anticipating for your urgent response to our email address: aj8067636@gmail.com

Thanks,

Regards,
Susan Lee Patrick.
Gen Sec.

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