419 scam: "Kamala Harris" <ferg@dreamscape.com> Fiduciary Agent FINANCIAL CONSULTANT ltd

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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:
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- ",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.
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.
- ifcltd33@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Kamala Harris" <ferg@dreamscape.com>
Reply-To: ifcltd33@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 15:49:16 -0700
Subject: Fiduciary Agent FINANCIAL CONSULTANT ltd

International Financial Consultant Ltd
World Exchange Plaza
P.O. Box 81119 Ottawa, Ontario. K1P 1B1 CANADA

Re: The Rewards of Your Honesty ( SUBJECT)

Attention; Please

I am Mr. Peter Schmidt. This is to notify you that $8,500,000.00
allocation response and recovery fund has been approved to be paying
to you in the form of an ATM card or escrow bank to Bank transfer, the
allocated funds are a token for using your name and your personal
details on the documents we used for lifting the loan funds
investment funds.

If you can remember in the past we sent you an email requesting your
name and details for the transferring some funds with your help.
. So you are hereby instructed to respond to this
letter with reconfirmation of personal details to ascertain that you
are the real person we communicated at that time, so that this funds
must be release to your personal collection through an ATM card or you
may deem your choice for receiving your legal entitlement via a bank
to bank transfers or any means as your choice.

Please Note: disregard this email/message if you are not the real
owner of this email address we contacted in the past who had provided
your account and personal details and perhaps you paid some money
then for one procedure or the other, or rather it is very important
you reply and indicate that you have not participated in the
investment transfer/transactions, although i am convinced that you are the real
owner of this email address as surfaced on our database .

Yours
Sincerely

Mr. Peter Schmidt
Fiduciary Agent
E-mail: ifcltd33@aol.com

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