419 scam: "Christopher Wray"<officeofdirector106@gmail.com> Office Of The Director

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "million 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)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "economic and financial crimes commission" (This name is often mentioned in money recovery scams (re-scam): the real EFCC does not contact victims to offer to get their money back because that is near impossible. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- hhrs2016@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Christopher Wray" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <hhrs2016@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 May 2020 19:22:23 +0200
Subject: Office Of The Director

Dear Beneficiary,

I hope this email finds you in a convenient condition.
On behalf of Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), I am Christopher Wray, Director of the Federal Bureau of

Investigation. Also, i have been authorized to contact you.

First, we introduce this commission,Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) we fight cyber crime, Internet fraud, scam and

money laundering in any part of the world, Our commission has been in existences since 2002 and our duty is to stop

internet fraud.

We the Leader of the World Crime fighters has come together to informing the world what is going on and we have recovered

over $522 Million dollars (Five Hundred and Twenty two million dollars) from the fraudsters around the world.

However, these body Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) had a meeting and have concluded in compensating you the victim

with the amount of $3.2 million dollars. The reason we are writing you this letter is to reconfirm your full information

and our aim is to refund all lost fund to its legitimate owner through our paying institute (Economic and Financial Crimes

Commission ).Please do contact the below;

Economic and Financial Crimes
Mr.John Kelly
Email:hhrs2016@gmail.com
Phone number: +1 (772) 303 4148

I will look forward to reading from you which will enable us proceed further to releasing your fund to you upon receiving

your quick reply.

Regards,
Christopher Wray
Director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation

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