419 scam: "Dave Falconer"<mail.fbiyazilim.com> Urgent Notification

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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:
- "million 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dave Falconer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <davefalconer@gmx.com>
Date: Sat, 9 May 2020 11:48:38 +0200
Subject: Urgent Notification

CITI CREDIT UNION
250 BROADWAY, NEW YORK 10007,USA
INTERCONTINENTAL DEBT HANDLING AND SETTLEMENT UNIT.

ATTN:. Selected Funds Beneficiary,

This email message is to notify you that you were among the lucky persons selected and enlisted in the intercontinental debt payment project for this year 2020.This project was initiated by the United States Of America's government during a joint meeting with United Nations, African Union and Economic community of West African States, on the settlement of multiple debts owned by the member states to various individuals and companies all over the world.As too many complains and legal suits has been filed to the United Nations on none settlement of debts by the concerned organizations and their member states.

We are please to inform you that the meeting yielded a very good result, as all the member states agreed to settle their debts through this intercontinental debt payment project under a single joint debt settlement account and our financial institution(CITI CREDIT UNION) was chosen to carry out this project on behalf all the concerned nations. This is the first time such united agreement were reached by all the great world powers from different continents.The names of the people with outstanding debts were forwarded from various continents and selection were made by the authorized persons.Your information were selected among others for their debts settlement, and the sum of thirty five million united states dollars (US$35M) was appropriated to you for your debt payment.

You are required to give your consent to this email notification, and indicate your interest to receive your funds through this intercontinental debt settlement project upon receipt of this email message.

Best Regards

Mr. Dave Falconer
davefalconer@gmx.com
Department Director
Intercontinental Debt Settlement Unit.

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