419 scam: "Laoise Brennan" <info@iccworld.co.jp> Re: Instructions to Credit your account with US$3,750,000.00 USD.

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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:
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: "Laoise Brennan" <info@iccworld.co.jp>
Reply-To: "Laoise Brennan" <msn@resrubini.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Nov 2022 10:04:11 +0700
Subject: Re: Instructions to Credit your account with US$3,750,000.00 USD.

Good morning,

Once again, we are not sure you received our previous message, but we would like to use this medium to congratulate and inform you that, after thorough review of all unclaimed funds (Inheritance contract, lottery, etc) with various financial institutions worldwide, in conjunction with the apex and World Bank auditorâ€™s report, your details was forwarded to our office for the immediate transfer of US$3,750,000.00 USD with Ref No. WBUG/08P/2022-G50 to you, being compensation for your delayed funds.

However, we are surprised to receive another application this morning from your representative, MR.ANDREAS SCHILDKNECHT stating that you gave him a Power of Attorney to be the beneficiary of your funds.
Could you please confirm immediately by email, your relationship with MR.ANDREAS SCHILDKNECHT, who claims to be your international business partner and that the account details: UBS Switzerland AG, Clearing number: 000227, IBAN: CH59 0022 7227 1166 5668 V, is now your new bank account details to receive the US$3,750,000.00 USD and that you are currently under hospital quarantine due to corona virus complications and cannot communicate right now.

It has become necessary to confirm directly from you, the original beneficiary, if you authorized this account changes before granting MR.ANDREAS SCHILDKNECHTâ€™s request to avoid wrong transfer.

To resolve this and receive your US$3,750,000.00 USD compensation immediately as scheduled, kindly respond back with your TELEPHONE NUMBER (S), so that our Foreign Payment Director, Ms. Vanessa Whiteley, can contact you directly.

Yours sincerely,
Foreign Financial Services, UK.

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