419 scam: "William J. Burns"<germanycustom22@gmail.com> From Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

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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:
- "transferred into your bank account" (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)
- "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)
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.
- centralintelligenceagency@iname.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "William J. Burns" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <centralintelligenceagency@iname.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Jul 2022 12:12:23 -0500
Subject: From Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Office of Public Affairs

Washington, D.C. 20505

Customers Service Hours / Monday To Saturday

Office Hours Monday to Saturday:

Direct Cell Phone: +1-567-259-6890

Direct Email Address: centralintelligenceagency@iname.com

Attention: ,

Regarding your response and I want you to understand that we the CIA has monitor your transaction and if you are ready to work with us, kindly resend us your full details to enable us finalize your transaction and have the $8.5USD into your bank account.you can also visit our website visit :http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ William _J_Burns. We are fully ready to back you up so that the fund can successfully transferred into your bank account, this is all what we required from you to get your payment worth of $8.5 Million United States Dollars release to you ASAP.

To avoid further delay and furtherance to payment notification order (RELEASE#XX-YBF). I wish to inform you having programmed your funds via our Swift Wire Transfer Diskette System (SWTDS) and having carried out our investigation viz-viz. It is imperative you re-send immediately your personal information and account information to avoid error on transmission, quoting the above payment notification order to enable us to release your funds into your account being the only official bank authorized.

1) Your full Name:__________

2) Your full Address:______________

3) Your Contact Telephone and Fax No:___________

3) Your Profession, Age and Marital Status:

4) Any valid form of your Identification/Driven License:__________

5) Bank Name:__________

6) Bank Address:___________

7) Account Name:___________

8) Account Number:___________

9) Routing Number:___________

Reconfirm your direct number the one in our data base does not seem to be going,I have assigned an agent to work with directly and ensure you receive this funds.

Yours sincerely,

William J. Burns

Central Intelligence Agency (CIA)

Office of Public Affairs

WASHINGTON, D.C. 20535

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