419 scam: information <internationalinformation48@gmail.com> (no subject)

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

Fraud email example:

From: information <internationalinformation48@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jason_robert100@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 30 Mar 2023 11:37:26 -0700
Subject:

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Global offshore bank

Good day , Dear Benefiary.

Greetings from the Global offshore . I have a vital information which
needs to be attended immediately. Did you authorized anyone to pick up
your inheritance fund from our branch in London ? One
Mr Anthony came to our office yesterday in-respect of your 703,752
pounds which has been credited with us for the past 2 years
now by the Federal Government to be transferred into your account. He
said that you authorized him to pick up the fund.

This fund has been in our custody for the past two years now and we
have been waiting for you to contact us but we didn't know what is
hindering you from reaching us since. He told us to open now account
with his name and transfer the money to the account which we did So we
decided to write to you to
make sure that you are fine and aware of the inheritance fund of 703,752 pounds
in our branch office in London before giving him all the account information.

We want you to get back to us as soon as possible.

Thanks
Mr David Robert

Global offshore unity
Address: Second 40, Cannon St, London EC4N 6JJ, United Kingdom.

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