419 scam: Myron Gray <info@urutransfor.com> RE: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT

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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 states 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Myron Gray <info@urutransfor.com>
Reply-To: <samuelbarcliff@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 19 Mar 2019 07:33:20 -0700
Subject: RE: OUTSTANDING PAYMENT

Attention: Beneficiary,

Your payment files from four (4) different banks was compiled and submitted to my desk this morning for review. The total sum owed to you by the 4 banks mentioned above was sum up to the tune of $15,500,000.00 [Fifteen Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars]

Now the fund has been lodged in one particular account here in the Federal Reserve Bank on your name, while waiting for accreditation to your personal/private bank account in any part of the world.

Meanwhile, after due scrutiny and verification, I confirmed that you have fulfilled all the necessary obligations that will enable the release of your payment to you, but yet your payment was not released to you due to one flimsy excuses or the other from the Bank officials in charge of your payment, because they had the intention of diverting your funds to their private accounts in order to satisfy their selfish interest.

You are however lucky that we the management of the US Federal Reserved Bank detected their evil plans and therefore call for the submission of your payment file to us so we can personally handle the payment assignment to ensure that you receive your funds accordingly.

Now all modalities regarding your fund release/transfer has been put in place here in the Reserve Bank, thus, your funds has been made ready for transfer in our sophisticated macro transfer system, so the only obligation you are to fulfill now in order to receive your $15,500,000.00 payment is the Electronic Wire Charges of $475 which you are to send to our cash officer.

If you also wish to receive your funds in form of a Master Card, we could load and ship your Master Card to your address which will permit you a daily withdrawal limit of $3000 or write a draft or check and sent to you. For any option preferred, the $475 still goes with it to enable us cover the conversion into (Master Card, Bank Draft or Check), insurance and mailing charges. Hence the $475 is mandatory for any option chosen.

In anticipating for your urgent cooperation.

Myron A. Gray
President, U.S. Operations.
Federal Reserve Bank USA.

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