419 scam: Executive Director Belus Bank Group <habtq@mccormackbrokers.com.au> Financial report

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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.
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.
- jblsuntrust@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Executive Director Belus Bank Group <habtq@mccormackbrokers.com.au>
Reply-To: <jblsuntrust@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 17 Nov 2022 12:05:10 +0100
Subject: Financial report

Good day,

I am contacting you based on recommendation, trust and confidentiality. First let me introduce myself to you, my name is mr. Fhadi Busheri and I have been the branch executive director of the Belus Bank Group; I only hope we can assist each other through this investment deal. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as an independent non-executive director of my Bank.; it is my duty to send a financial report to our head office in the capital city in UAE at the end of each annual general meeting.

In the course of this year's 1st quarter annual general meeting which ended 4 months ago, I discovered that my branch in which I am the director made an excess profit of over USd$48 million which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of. I have since placed these funds on what we call SUSPENSE ACCOUNT without any beneficiary. As a management staff of this bank, I can not be directly connected to the funds, this is why I,m contacting you for us to work together so that you can assist me and receive this money into your bank account for us to share.

I assure you we can achieve it successfully if you can follow my instruction and direction, hence I am here to make sure that everything works out.If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 50% of the funds while 50% shall be for me. Kindly forward your response to me immediately through email: Anticipating your communication.

Best Regards
Fhadi Busheri
Executive Director
Belus Bank Group
Email: jblsuntrust@gmail.com

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