419 scam: United Bank New York <immaculateudeh59@gmail.com> REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF (US$10.5Million)

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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.
- mrjinkong2@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: United Bank New York <immaculateudeh59@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjinkong2@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Feb 2023 00:27:58 -0800
Subject: REF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF (US$10.5Million)

*United Bank - New York80 Broad St #19, New York,NY 10004, United
StatesREF:- INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH THE SUM OF
(US$10.5Million) This message is to inform you that the U.S Government has
instructed us to remit the sum of $10.5 Million US dollar into your
account, the reason for this is because your name was among the scam
victims that lost a lot of money to African and European Fraudsters, you
are hereby advised to stop all you have going on between you and anybody
on internet because you will end up at nothing, hence, there are two
options to receive your funds. (1) By Bank to Bank Wire Transfer(2) By Atm
Card We are waiting for your immediate response with your information to
enable this bank to proceed immediately with the transfer of your fund and
serve you better. Full Name....................Home
Address.................Age/Occupation..............Valid Phone
number............Your Country........Any Of Your Identity Card........ You
are hereby advised NOT to remit further payment to any institutions with
respect to your transaction as your fund will be transferred to you
directly from our source. Respond to this e-mail on (mrjinkong2@gmail.com
<mrjinkong2@gmail.com>) with immediate effect and we shall give you further
details on how your fund will be released. Congratulations.Yours in
service,Mr. Matthew Fernandez.Director, Payment & Remittance
Department,United Bank - New York.*

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