419 scam: "Mr James Howard"<daniel.sontag@tele2.de> Amount Valued: US$10, 500, 000.00.

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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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr James Howard" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fedresvebnk6@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 15 Feb 2023 10:14:20 +0200
Subject: Amount Valued: US$10, 500, 000.00.

Federal Reserve Bank, New York
33, Liberty Street, New York, NY 10038 USA.
Ref.: Final Payment Release Update.
Amount Valued: US$10, 500, 000.00.

Attention; Sir/Madam,

How are you and your families today? I hope all is well.

I'm obliged to inform you that we received a fax notification from one Ms. Tatyana Cole, who claimed to be your representative, stating that you have been sick, and for that reason you have not been responding to emails messages. Furthermore, she stated you have authorized her to receive the ($10,500,000.00) Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars on your behalf, and the funds should be transferred to her direct bank account as follows;

Bank Name; Wells Fargo Bank
Account number; 6338102886
Routing number; 021000658
Account name; Tatyana Cole,

However, she is ready to pay the required statutory fee for the fund to be transferred to her bank account now.

So please we wish to confirm if truly the woman was your representative or not before we proceed in releasing the $10.5m fund
to her bank account mentioned above.

Failure to hear from you within the next 48 hours, we shall assume she is right with her claims.

Awaiting your urgent response to this message.

Yours sincerely,
Mr James Howard
Director, Remittance Dept.
Federal Reserve Bank.

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