419 scam: "THE INTERPOL WASHINGTON - U.S" <jamestemerty50@gmail.com> Good Day to you Dear beneficiary,

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

Fraud email example:

From: "THE INTERPOL WASHINGTON - U.S" <jamestemerty50@gmail.com>
Reply-To: continentaltrustbanksltd@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 22:43:11 +0100
Subject: Good Day to you Dear beneficiary,

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THE INTERPOL WASHINGTON - U.S. National Central Bureau
Washington, DC 20530-0001

Good Day to you Beneficiary,

I am Michael A. Hughes, director of the U.S. National Central Bureau in
Washington. We have been working to root out fraudsters and combat
transnational crime in the cross-border country through the partnership of
the European Union Agency for Law Enforcement Cooperation (Europol), the
International Criminal Police Organization (Interpol), and the Financial
Crimes Commission (FCC). We have been able to track down some scammers in
various parts of the world (including Asia, Africa, North America, and
Europe) and they are now in our custody, they will appear in the
International Criminal Court of Justice (ICC) soon.

We were able to recover so much money from these scammers. The
appropriation of funds recovered from scammers has been approved to be
shared among victims who have lost their hard-earned money by scammers in
our jurisdiction. I am writing this email to you because your email address
was found on one of the computer hard drives of the scam artists in our
custody and we assume you have been scammed.

As it stands now, your compensation fund in the amount of â‚¬885,065.00 has
been approved to be transferred or delivered to your home once you are
ready. Our goal is to bring justice to the victims and to ensure that the
perpetrators are brought to justice.

You are advised to contact Continental Trust Bank LTD now with your
information as follows:
â€¢ Contact address:
â€¢ Cell phone number
â€¢ Occupation
â€¢ Nationality

Contact: Brandt Duferene - Customer Service Manager
Email address: (continentaltrustbanksltd@gmail.com)
Phone: +1 (302) 585-0838

All necessary documents intended to protect the transfer/delivery of the
fund have been obtained. Kindly provide your full contact details to enable
the Continental Trust Bank LTD transfer or deliver your fund to you
successfully without delay.

Thanks for your understanding and cooperation!

Sincerely,
Michael A. Hughes
Director - U.S. National Central Bureau

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