419 scam: IT KOROMA RESOURCES CENTER <itkoromaresourcescenter@gmail.com> RE

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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:
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- unitbankofrica9054@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: IT KOROMA RESOURCES CENTER <itkoromaresourcescenter@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unitbankofarica9054@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 16 Jul 2022 11:21:56 +0100
Subject: RE

BgÄ§attlek din l-ittra xahar ilu, imma ma smajtx mingÄ§andek.
L-ewwelnett, jien is-Sinjura Kristalina Georgieva Direttur ManiÄ¡erjali
u Chairwoman tal-Fond Monetarju Internazzjonali.
TabilÄ§aqq, AÄ§na rrevejna l-ostakli u l-problemi kollha madwar
it-tranÅ¼azzjoni mhux kompluta tiegÄ§ek u l-inkapaÄ‹itÃ tiegÄ§ek li
tiltaqa 'ma' Ä§lasijiet ta 'trasferiment imposti, kontrik,
gÄ§all-gÄ§aÅ¼liet ta' trasferiment tal-passat, ara s-sit tagÄ§na
gÄ§all-konferma tiegÄ§ek 38Â°53â€²56â€³N 77Â°2 â€²39â€³W
AÄ§na l-Bord tad-Diretturi, il-Bank Dinji u l-Fond Monetarju
Internazzjonali (IMF) Washington, D.C. flimkien mad-Dipartiment
tat-TeÅ¼or tal-Istati Uniti u xi AÄ¡enziji Investigattivi rilevanti oÄ§ra
hawn fl-Istati Uniti tal-Amerika. ordnat tagÄ§na Foreign Payment
Remittance Unit, United Bank of Africa Lome Togo biex joÄ§roÄ¡lek Karta
VISA, fejn il-fond tiegÄ§ek huwa taâ€™ $1.500,000,00 miljun USD.
se jittella', gÄ§al aktar irtirar tal-fond tiegÄ§ek. Matul il-kors
tal-investigazzjoni tagÄ§na, skoprejna bi skosper li l-Ä§las tiegÄ§ek Ä¡ie
Dewwem bla bÅ¼onn minn uffiÄ‹jali korrotti tal-Bank li qed Jippruvaw
jiddevjaw il-fondi tiegÄ§ek fil-kontijiet privati â€‹â€‹tagÄ§hom
U llum aÄ§na ninnotifikawk li l-fond tiegÄ§ek Ä¡ie kkreditat f'VISA Card
minn UBA Bank u wkoll lest biex jiÄ¡i kkunsinnat lilek, issa gÄ§andek
tikkuntattja l-informazzjoni tas-segretarju tal-UBA Bank hawn taÄ§t
Kuntatt lid-direttur tal-UBA Mr Chris willian
Email: (unitbankofrica9054@gmail.com)
GÄ§andek tikkuntattja lis-segretarju tal-bank Chris willian u mbagÄ§ad
tipprovdilhom il-
informazzjoni li Ä¡ejja gÄ§all-kunsinna tal-Kard tal-VISA tal-ATM
akkreditata tiegÄ§ek fl-indirizz tad-dar tiegÄ§ek.
Isem SÄ§iÄ§ TiegÄ§ek=============================
Il-PajjiÅ¼ ta' OriÄ¡ini tiegÄ§ek=======================
L-indirizz tad-dar tiegÄ§ek =========================
Numru tat-telefon tiegÄ§ek =======================
Il-kopja tal-iskan tal-ID tiegÄ§ek===========================
SinÄ‹erament,
Sur Chris willian

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