419 scam: "Mattias Sjoborg"<endah.karticka@teknovasi.id> Request For Assistance

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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:
- "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)
- ",000,000" (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.
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.
- ms0781588@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mattias Sjoborg" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ms0781588@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 24 Feb 2021 03:00:28 -0800
Subject: Request For Assistance

Greetings,

My name is Mattias Sjoborg, I am a citizen of Switzerland and the (Chairman of the Compensation and Nomination Committee) of Tethys Petroleum, a multi-national oil corporation operating from London-England, UK. I am seeking your assistance to retrieve the sum of $40,000,000USD (Forty Million United States Dollars).

The above sum was acquired from the company. My reason for taking the bold step is because I have been cheated out of my entitlements by the company for too long, simply because I am not a British nationality. For your assistance I am ready to release/compensate you with 40% of the total sum. The funds have already been deposited under the custody of a Financial Institution for the past 1 month, while I intend to look for a reliable partner. Further details of the funds shall be disclosed to you by the time i get a reply back from you.

I will be leaving the country immediately when the funds are released to you. I intend to use the funds for my private investment, and I have vowed never to step back into London, England. Please I need your urgent response before my plans to leave the company is discovered.

Please feel free to view more about the company on the website.

Website:http://www.tethyspetroleum.com/tethys/static/EN_US/au_seniormanagement.html

Right now the safest form of correspondence is through my personal e-mail address. So please in the interest of confidentiality, only reply through my direct email contact ( ms0781588@gmail.com ). Reply along with your phone number where I can alternatively reach you.

Best regards,

Mr. Mattias Sjoborg
(Chairman of the Compensation and Nomination Committee)
Tethys Petroleum
London, England.

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