419 scam: "Mr. Andrew Robinson" <make.@helen.ocn.ne.jp> Attention beneficiary

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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.
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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Andrew Robinson" <make.@helen.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. Andrew Robinson" <andrewrobinson1997@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 27 Nov 2018 07:42:55 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention beneficiary

>From the Office of the Deputy Chief Financial Officer (DCFO)
United States Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220
United State of America.

Attention beneficiary,

I am Mr. Andrew Robinson from the United States Department of the Treasury. I am contacting you regarding the delivery of your beneficiary fund from the United States

Department of Treasury and United Nations worth $1.500,000,00USD (One Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars).

The authorities wanted to contact the treasury department in your state for the immediate transferring of your fund, but in other to avoid any further delay in

receiving your fund, the authorities now decided to send a special delivery officer to convey your fund to your house in other to avoid any further delay. Right now

the delivery officer is at your Airport and he need to start coming over your house right away and deliver your fund to you.

Note: You do not need to send money to anybody to receive your fund because the authorities has discovered that you have passed through a lot of difficulties and that

is the reason why you have not receive your fund by now. I want to let you know that everything has now been finalized and you must now legally receive your fund

immediately without any further delay. All you need to do right now is to reply back to me right away and reconfirm your correct delivery address and your available

telephone number so that the delivery officer will proceed right away to your house and deliver your fund to you.

You need to reply back to me right now and reconfirm your correct delivery address below and ensure that is very correct so that the officer must avoid any wrong

delivery:

Your urgent feedback is needed so that the officer must be able to deliver your fund to you right now.

Mr. Andrew Robinson
Unclaimed fund Unit
United States Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW Washington, D.C. 20220
United State of America

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