419 scam: "United State America Office." <presidentialbeninoffice@gmail.com> Attention Fund Owner.. Good news.

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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 gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- unitedstateamericaoffice2@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "United State America Office." <presidentialbeninoffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unitedstateamericaoffice2@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Apr 2022 08:38:19 -0700
Subject: Attention Fund Owner.. Good news.

Attention: Email ID and fund Owner..

For SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATION FROM United State America office.

The United State America office(U.S.A.O) is compensating all the scam
victims and your email address was found in the scam victim's
list.This United America office has been fully mandated by the IMF to
transfer your compensation to you via Money gramÂ® Money
Transfer.However, we have concluded to affect your own payment through
any online transferÂ® Money Transfer,like Money gram or bank transfer
$6,000 USD twice daily until the total sum of 2.500.000 USD is
completely transferred to you.

Contact director for your transfer his name is Pastor. Frederick News,
Contact Personal director Pastor. Frederick
News.email.(unitedstateamericaoffice2@gmail.com)We can not be able to
send the payment with your email address alone; Thereby we need your
full information as to where we will be sending the funds, such as;

Your Full information...

Your Full Name:............................
Your Home Address:..........................
Your Country/ City: .............................
Your Age:....................................
Your Sex:........................................
Your Direct Phone Number:..........................
Your ID copy:............................
Your email....................................
Your occupation....................................

Note: that your payment files will be returned to the IMF within 72
hours if we did not hear from you, this instruction was given by the
general official of the United State America office and We will start
the transfer as soon as we received your full information.

Yours in service to the United State America and Consolation Team!!!

Much Obliged,
Mrs.Alisa Ann
Cco: De-factor Chief Compensation Officer
Office.United State Of America.
unitedstateamericaoffice2@gmail.com

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