419 scam: "Charles W. Scharf"<test1@south56.cn> Attention Fund 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:

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:
- "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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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: "Charles W. Scharf" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <charleswscharf73@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 8 Sep 2022 12:57:44 -0700
Subject: Attention Fund Beneficiary

Wells Fargo Bank

444 North Capitol St NW, Washington, DC 20001, USA.

Attention Fund Beneficiary

Greetings from the Wells Fargo bank. I have a vital information which needs to be attended immediately. Did you authorized anyone to pick up

your inheritance fund from our branch in Cleveland Caldwell Idaho? One Mr. Andrew Cox came to our office in-respect of your $18.5 million

dollars which has been credited with us for the past 2 years now by the Federal Government to be transferred into your account. He said

that you authorized him to pick up the fund.

This fund has been in our custody for the past two years now and we have been waiting for you to contact us but we didn't know what is

hindering you from reaching us since. So we decided to write to you to make sure that you are fine and aware of the compensation fund of

$18.5 million dollars in our branch office in Caldwell Idaho. We want you to get back to us with the following details:

Full Name:

Address:

Phone number:

Your Age:

Your country:

Your Occupation

Your identity card:

This above listed details are needed as fast as possible if you didn't

authorize anyone to pick up your fund from our branch in Idaho.

Thank you

Regarding

Mr. Charles W. Scharf

The CEO OF Wells Fargo

phone Number +1(470)724-5520

Text or call

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