419 scam: Office of the Interpol<admin@interpol.org> URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED

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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:
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Office of the Interpol<admin@interpol.org>
Reply-To: economicfinancialc577@gmail.com
Date: 21 Feb 2022 21:24:10 +0000
Subject: URGENT ATTENTION NEEDED

Attention:Beneficiary

I hope this email finds you in a convenient condition.

On behalf of Interpol, I am Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi, the newly
elected president of the Interpol. Also, i decided to contact
you.

First, we introduce this commission, Interpol 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 Interpol had a meeting and have concluded in
compensating you the victim with the amount of $1.2 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.

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,

Ahmed Nasser Al Raisi
President of the Interpol

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