419 scam: "Thomas M Nicolas" <info@usa.org> We write to draw your attention .45

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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:
- "levy " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Thomas M Nicolas" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: jamesdeanid009@meta.ua
Date: Wed, 09 Oct 2019 12:13:19 +0000
Subject: We write to draw your attention .45

EXTERNAL MEMO

We write to draw your attention to your lingering approved fund payment and the discordant instructions those who claimed to be your representative, friend and associate are giving us on your behalf.

This will be our last communication if you failed to reply, since we have explored due process and every channel of communication to inform you.

Be informed that the mandate we received (as the fund/debt settlement coordinator) since early this year to disburse your approved fund to you is due to expire by 13th November (being second month in last fiscal quarter of the 2019).

Meanwhile, with the publicity awaken by the week-long final Beneficiary/Fund Harmonization Exercise we embarked to shortlist those whose Funds Payment approval should be canceled and their names/beneficiary status revoked and consequently allow forfeiture of their funds to the treasury; we have been receiving numerous claims from some individuals concerning your file and allotted fund. They separately claimed you authorized them to act on your behalf to receive the fund.

To avoid the forfeiture or wrongful fund handover, we are making this last attempt to hear from you, and receive your confirmation. If their claims/petitions were false notify our Fiduciary Advisory immediately through:
Mr Dean James
Metamonak Financial & Fiduciary Advisory (MFFA)
(E.U appointed Financial Intermediaries)
Email: jamesdeanid09@meta.ua

Bear in mind that when we receive your confirmation and reply, if our consequent appraisal proved you to be authentic, you will be required to pay a refundable Revalidation Levy for the revalidation and harmonization processes of your fund handover, which has been quiescent and abandoned by you for the past years without your intervention or statutory compliance.

Contact the EU Ad-hoc Intervention on Debts Settlements Fiduciary Advisory official, Mr Dean James at the email address: jamesdeanid09@meta.ua

Yours Sincerely,
Thomas M Nicolas
Head, EU Ad-hoc Intervention on Debts' Settlements

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