419 scam: "Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)" <sales@rankastexfab.com> From Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

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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:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- hebrewwatt9@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Financial Conduct Authority (FCA)" <sales@rankastexfab.com>
Reply-To: <hebrewwatt9@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 4 Nov 2018 23:21:47 -0800
Subject: From Financial Conduct Authority (FCA).

UNITED NATIONS COMPENSATION UNIT,

IN AFFILIATION WITH WORLD BANK.

Permanent Mission of ENGLAND to the United Nations

351 East 52nd Street, New York, NY 10022

Our Ref: UN/TH/066147/2018

This letter is from Financial Conduct Authority (FCA). We have been authorized by the World Bank in conjunction with IMF to release your Compensation funds of $5,900,000.00usd (Five Million Nine Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) to you base on the United Nations report. Kindly confirm the active of this your e-mail address for further information. because we have tried to contact you through our official email address but your email bounced back.

We hope you find this improvement useful .

You are to make sure that all needed information are emailed to the following contact person as given bellow

CONTACT PERSON: Mr. Hebrew Watt

CONTACT EMAIL: hebrewwatt9@gmail.com

Full Name:

Complete Address:

Occupation:

Cell Number:

Home Number:

Age:

Sex:

Copy of ID :

Yours in Service,

Martins Jonathan.

For: The Management.

Financial Conduct Authority

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