419 scam: "Mrs. Linda Lewis"<info@mtexsourcing.com> Final payment release of your unblocked funds.

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
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.
- mkaseeml@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Linda Lewis" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <oyob22@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 13 Mar 2013 08:20:09 -0500
Subject: Final payment release of your unblocked funds.

Attention: Beneficiary.

The Clearing House Association L.L.C. (“The Clearing House”) respectfully submits this letter in the below captioned matters on the final payment release of your unblocked funds, through the Clearing House Interbank Payments System (CHIPS). Basically, this message is notifying you that your blocked funds, $12.5million, that has been in the coffers of the U.S Treasury Department's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) since April 2010 as blocked funds, has finally been unblocked and authorized for immediate wire transfer into your receiving bank account by the Clearing House Payment Company LLC in New York.

However, The Clearing House wish to comment on the certified payment instruction from OFAC in your favor containing your personal and banking details .

According to the file we have here, You assigned your financial representative and partner, Mr. Richard Salazar to proceed in recieving of the funds in your favor. Please kindly reconfirm this with an ""Authorization Letter"" signed by you, as this shall enable us proceed with your assignee, Richard Salazar. As soon as we hear from you, the funds release expedited processing will commence, which will make the funds be available in the yet unconfirmed account of your financial representative withing the nearest 72-hours.

We hope this letter is understood, if not, kindly go over the above captioned message again before responding, And If you have any questions as regards this matter, kindly reply me via ( mkaseeml@hotmail.com )

Thanks for your Co-Operation.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Linda Lewis
The Clearing House Payments Company L.L.C.
450 West 33rd Street
New York, NY 10001
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© 2013 The Clearing House Association L.L.C. All Rights Reserved.

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