419 scam: "USA Fund Recovery Committee"<official.notice@usfrc.com> Attention: your fund has been fully recovered

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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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "central bank of nigeria" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "USA Fund Recovery Committee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <usfundrecoverycommittee@msn.com>
Date: Tue, 15 Oct 2013 17:08:52 -0400
Subject: Attention: your fund has been fully recovered - reply asap

USA FUND RECOVERY COMMITTEE STOU

USA FUND RECOVERY COMMITTEE
STOUGHTON, WI USA
Tel:(608) 492-8565
Outside USA: +1 608 492 8565

Your kind attention,

We are the United States fund recovery committee recently
commissioned by First Lady Michelle Obama this year 2013.
Our responsibilities are to recover: stolen funds,
properties, Compensation payments, lottery winnings,
Fund Inheritance, Contract Funds, e.t.c. You are
receiving this email because you are listed as a
potential beneficiary of funds yet to be paid to you.
In your own case we have discovered that you are being
owed the sum of $9.9M (Nine Million Nine Hundred
Thousand United States Dollars).

In Our recent mass investigation carried out in some
countries including Nigeria with the help of the REAL FBI,
and INTERPOL, we were able to arrest 12 men and 6 women.
These arrested men and women have all confessed to be
impostors and fraudster who have been scamming people for
many years, they also stated there are many people out
there who are in the same fraud business with them.
We found that there are many impostors who are using
the following offices for scam activities: FBI, CIA,
HOMELAND SECURITY, INTERPOL, SECRETARY OF STATES (USA),
IMF, BANK OF AMERICA, WORLD BANK, CENTRAL BANK OF
NIGERIA, SENATE PRESIDENT OF NIGERIA, EFCC NIGERIA,
ANTI TERRORIST OFFICE, MONEY LAUNDERING OFFICE.

The President of the United States and his wife instructed
that you stop communicating with the above fake offices to
avoid being scammed again.

We were able to retrieve your email address from the
arrested fraudsters, therefore, you are needed to submit
the below details as outlined for immediate processing and
payment of your fund and I will respond to you as soon
as we receive your full details:

1, Your Names......
2, Your Address....
3, Your Country
4, Sex/Age ........
5, phone number....
6, Your Private/secure email address...
7. Your Present Occupation.............
8) A copy of your ID

Your quick response to this email notice with the above
information is highly appreciated.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Blair Morrison
Head of Committee

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