419 scam: Carlos Santos <alwain56@gmail.com> RE: Approved Crypto Reconciliation Payment

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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:
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Carlos Santos <alwain56@gmail.com>
Reply-To: csantos012@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 19:44:46 +0100
Subject: RE: Approved Crypto Reconciliation Payment

{CONFIDENTIAL}

RE: Approved Crypto Reconciliation Payment

I hope this email meets you well, sound and healthy.

I write to inform you that I have personally endorsed a reconciliation
payment of $5,570,000 USD (114.22 BTC) in your favor for immediate
remittance.

Approval Details
IMF Approval No: 44587P/2021
Reference No: 1HE45643CP530154A
Secret Code No: XXCN015X

I have over the weeks studied the circumstances surrounding the reasons why
this approved overdue payment has not been fulfilled and must be honest to
you, I was perplexed at the decision of the reserved bank to seize and
confiscate this fund.

It is true that there were minor flaws in the manner at which the initial
approvals for this payment were obtained, but you deserve some
consideration; at least for the efforts you have put in getting this
payment by complying to the directives of the concerned authorities.

To be honest, this approved compensation payment might be seized by the
government at the end of this year if something urgently is not done so I
have to come up with this brilliant fund remittance option. You can only
receive this approved fund through digital currency, i.e. cryptocurrency
based platform that is not under central banks control.

The good news is that I took it upon myself to discreetly endorse this
reconciliation payment. Your payment advice with REF: 1HE45643CP530154A has
been prepared in the crypto base for your BTC payment. I have already
forwarded your payment mandate to the Remittance Director in charge with
stringent instructions to facilitate this transfer swiftly and with utmost
confidentiality.

Do let me know if this is a welcomed development by you then I will
disclose to you the contacts of the financial institution, so that you can
contact the Remittance Director himself, otherwise I will have to revoke
the payment mandate with immediate effect.

Pastor Carlos Santos
IMF Financial Consultant
Brussels, Belgium
Social Connect: facebook.com/csantos1001

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