419 scam: "Mr. Thomas Platt"<thomasplattmb@naver.com> DEBT RECONCILIATION

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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: "Mr. Thomas Platt" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thomasplattmbs@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 30 Jan 2023 13:42:29 +0100
Subject: DEBT RECONCILIATION

Kind attention fund beneficiary,

I am Mr. Thomas Platt from the IMF World Debt Reconciliation, your payment file record shows that you have dealt with the office of the United Nations, several Banks and Top offcilas in respect to your funds but you have not received a cent due to you followed the wrong steps. Anyway, the fault is from the greedy and fake people you choose to work with that stops you from fulfilling the right obligations.

The obligations you failed is to clear the charges/fees behind your fund US$10,500,000.00 to enable you receive your funds to any bank account of your choice smoothly without any delay. Note, the charges can not be deducted from your fund US$10,500,000.00 but have to be paid in your name to prove that you are the owner of the said funds.

There is a problem now if you don't act very fast you will lose your funds completely, by the government of American if you fail to comply by making the payment charges/fees in your name, then your funds US$10,500,000.00 will be confiscated as unclaimed funds.

I have a good notice for you below:

If you don't have the money for the charges/fees to pay in your name to receive your funds, then i have a financier friend who is willing to loan you the money needed to clear all the charges/fees behind your funds so you can receive your fund sum of US$10,500,000.00 to your bank account or any good means of your choice.

You will pay back the loan after you have received your funds.
The financier percentage is 3% of your total funds US$10,500,000.00

If this is OK by you then get back to me with your receiving bank account details, your bank address, also your house address, and your direct reachable telephone number so we can proceed.

Once the financier transfer the loan to your account to clear the charges behind your funds then i will instruct you on how you will send it using your own name that we have on your payment file and system so your fund US$10,500,000.00 will be release and transfer to the same account you provided.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Thomas Platt
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY DUND
World Debt Reconciliation Agencies

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