419 scam: Clearing House London <ch958940@gmail.com> A matter of urgency

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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: Clearing House London <ch958940@gmail.com>
Reply-To: clearinghouse837@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 2 Oct 2019 23:26:26 +0100
Subject: A matter of urgency

FROM THE DEBT RECONCILIATION COMMITTEE
FUND CLEARING HOUSE

Following the out-come of the meeting between the debt committee and the
board of directors concerning all unclaimed fund, be informed that we
have recommended the immediate payment of the sum of US$4,600,000
to you on or before October, 14th 2019.

Based on the above, you are requested to reconfirm your details stated
below:

1. Your name in full:
2. Address:
3. Phone:

We look forward to your urgent response.

Yours sincerely,
Mark D Allen
Fund Clearing House

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