419 scam: "Union Finance"<gorontalo@jamkrindo.co.id> HELLO AND GOOD DAY

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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.
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.
- unionfinance2020@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Union Finance" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <unionfinance2020@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Nov 2020 06:00:42 -0800
Subject: HELLO AND GOOD DAY

Attention our valued customer,

This is to inform you that the payment of your outstanding fund has been approved. The ministry of finance and the board of director international monetary fund (I.M.F) Benin Republic, meet and has decided to pay your compensation fund to you through ATM CARD. This card contains the sum of $1.5million USD. It is usable all over the world.

Now Your ATM CARD is well packaged with every legal documents to cover it. It has been cleared from all Office Authority and with your Federal Government regulations and we have to deliver it to your home address or office address as soon as you contact us with you current information.

(1.) Your Full name...............................................................
(2.) Your home Address............................................................
(3.) Your current telephone number................................................
(4.) A copy of your identification................................................

Contact Person; Mr.Leonard Martins
Email: ( unionfinance2020@gmail.com )

It is pertinent to note at this point that the delivery fee by one of the government approved courier agents will cost you $99 USD. You are to contact Mr.Leonard Martins for the payment instructions so that your parcel containing your ATM CARD will leave immediately for your given address.

Best Regards
Mr. John Ike

Disclaimer:
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Jika Anda bukan penerima yang dituju, maka Anda tidak diperbolehkan untuk memanfaatkan,
menyebarkan, mendistribusikan, atau menggandakan e-mail ini beserta seluruh lampirannya.
Dimohon kerjasamanya untuk segera memberitahukan Perum Jamkrindo di alamat email yang
tercantum di atas serta menghapus e-mail ini beserta seluruh lampirannya. Semua pendapat yang ada
dalam e-mail ini merupakan pendapat pribadi dari pengirim yang bersangkutan dan tidak serta merta
mencerminkan pandangan Perum Jamkrindo, kecuali telah terdapat kesepakatan antara pengirim
dan penerima bahwa e-mail ini termasuk salah satu bentuk komunikasi kedinasan yang dapat diterima
oleh kedua pihak.

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