419 scam: Bank Central Asia <traina063@gmail.com> FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Bank Central Asia <traina063@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bankcentralasiahalobcaxxx@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 7 Dec 2021 18:31:10 +0700
Subject: FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS - ALWAYS BY YOUR SIDE

BANK CENTRAL ASIA - JAKARTA INDONESIA

FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT

*PRE-PAYMENT ADVICE: (U.N-W.B.O-I.M.F-B.C.A -5100-12/21)*

From The Desk of Mr. Andreas Rahmat Reinhard, Director Foreign Remittance
Department of Bank Central Asia; A Master Degree Holder in Science
and Industrial Engineering and Economics.

Facts and statistics gathered from our human resource database we found out
you have worked extremely hard to get your payment but to no avail because
of the unstable and dishonest officials at the helm of affairs. Your
fund was moved to our bank by the United Nation Debt and Foreign Assets
Committee, Valued $9,200,000 and we are mandated to recover and remit
unpaid debts owed to beneficiaries and companies across the globe to ensure
justice is done through our due processes which are our terms and
conditions of service.

Note: You are obligated to confirm this account, if it is your correct
account information? BBVA Compass, 15 South 20th Street Suite 1202
Birmingham, Alabama 35233 USA because our Bank will not be held responsible
if there should be any wrong transfer.

Thank you for your cooperation.

Regards

Mr. Andreas Rahmat Reinhard

Director Foreign Remittance Department

*IMPORTANT NOTICE REGARDING THIS ELECTRONIC MESSAGE:*

This message may contain privileged or confidential information. If you are
not the intended recipient of this email, please delete the message and
notify the sender so that we may correct our records

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