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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:
- "remain blessed" (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
- 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.
- us.occ@usa.com (Outblaze.com, Hong Kong; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- of the currency 400 7th street, sw washington, dc 20219 email:us.occ@usa.com email:us.occ@aol.com attention sir/madam i bring to your (Usa; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
Fraud email example:
From: "Reminder for your ATM Master Card Credited With Your Fund $32.5M" <safewayinternational001@gmail.com>
Reply-To: us.coc@aol.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 22:20:13 -0700
Subject: Reminder For Your Atm Master Card Credited With Your Fund $32.5M
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TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN/REMINDER OF YOUR
ATM MASTER CARD
From Michael J Hsu
US Comptroller Of The Currency
400 7th Street, SW Washington, DC 20219
Email:us.occ@usa.com
Email:us.occ@aol.com
Attention Sir/Madam
I bring to your notice about your ATM Master Card which has $32.5M
credited on it and have benn here in my office since last year 2022. I
contacted you in 2022 and asked you to come to my office here in USA
to pick up your ATM Card in person with a VALID ID CARD without
paying any cost for it,but till date i haven't seen you or heard from
you. I write now to know if you are alive and willing to have your ATM
Card or should i return this Master Card to International Monetary
Fund IMF) who brought it to my office? Please kindly respond with an
answer to my questions to let me know what step to take next. Happy
New Year and remain Blessed while i wait your response.
Regards
Michael J Hsu
US Comptroller Of The Currency
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