419 scam: "Mrs. Oliver Phillips." I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPOND!!

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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")
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Oliver Phillips."
Reply-To: <frankwillilams2016@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Apr 2023 08:34:11 -0700
Subject: I NEED YOUR URGENT RESPOND!!

Attn: Your payment Update!!!

Dear Beneficiary,

We hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement to pay you, your over due Winning Prize/inheritance fund which you could not complete the process of the released of your transfer pin code through the Digitized Payment System. We have decided to pay your funds through (ATM Master Express Credit Card) This arrangement was initiated/constituted by the World Bank, British High Commission, United Nation and International Monetary Fund "IMF", due to fraudulent activities going on within the world.

The World Bank, United Nations and IMF introduced this payment arrangement as to enable our Contract, Winning Prize,inheritance beneficiary to receive their fund without any interference and the ATM Master Express Credit Card was contracted and powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE.

The ATM MASTER EXPRESS CARD is credited with the sum of$5,500.000.00 USD(Five Million Five Hundred Thousand United State Dollars), it is already loaded in the Master Card which you can use to access your fund in any ATM Stand/location worldwide and remember that the maximum withdrawal daily limit is Ten Thousand United States Dollars(US$10,000.00) we have concluded delivery arrangement with the below courier services companies and their delivery time is stated below.

UPS First class ======= 24hr 1DAY
FedEx First class======== 48hrs 2DAYS
DHL fisrt class ========= 48hrs 2DAYs
TNT first class ========= 72hrs 3DAYs

DESCRIPTION OF PARCEL:

ATM card/original certificate of weight :—----–0.20kg
Bonded draft of weight :——————0.17kg
Total weight of parcel :——————–0.37kg
Color of Parcel :—————————-Dark Brown
Length of days :——————————24hours
Delivery Type:——————————-Premium Service
Delivery Status:——————————Virtual Pending
Customer Number:————————–FRAl45771001

Your parcel contains ALL the legal documents from the higher offices.

Contact Fiduciary Agent;
Mr. Frank Willilams.
Email to contact :{frankwillilams2016@?aol.com}

Kindly provide him with the below details in your response to this email and let him know which courier company you would want him to use for the shipment of your ATM Card to you.

FULL NAMES: __________________________________
DELIVERY ADDRESS: __________________
COUNTRY: __________________________________
SEX: _______________
DATE OF BIRTH: __________________
OCCUPATION: __________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________
EMAIL ADDRESS: _____________________

HERE IS CARD INFO
1. Credit Card Number:----- 4565342104821427
2. Pin Code:------ (keep it secret for security reason)
3. CCV Pin:----- 1533

Understand that you will be liable for the delivery fee of your ATM Master Express Card to you with any of the above courier company.

CONGRATULATIONS IN ADVANCE.

Thank you & God bless you.
Mrs. Oliver Phillips.

NOTE: If you received this message in your SPAM/BULK folder that is because of the restrictions implemented by your Internet Service Provider we urge you to treat it genuinely and kindly move it to your inbox.

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