419 scam: "Douglas A. Glenn"<USDEPT@GOV.US> U.S. Department of the Interior (Office of Financial Management)

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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.
- lawrencewayneells@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Douglas A. Glenn" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <waynelawrence112@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Jan 2014 07:45:02 -0500
Subject: U.S. Department of the Interior (Office of Financial Management)

U.S. Department of the Interior

Office of Financial Management

1849 C Street, NW, MS 2557

Washington, DC 20240.

Director, Office of Financial Management

Douglas A. Glenn

Your Attention ,

This is to inform you that a visa card payment valued at $5M us with your personal details was investigated and intercepted by this honorable office because of the non Provision of the U.S. Department of the Interior Office of Financial Management clearance document and we hereby advise you to immediately contact the central paying office the Financial Reporting Division (FRD) established recently for this intercepted payments just to avoid any unauthorized payments coming into the united states for the sake of protecting the citizens from been defrauded.

Contact the below official:

Name: Lawrence Wayne Ellis

Position: Protocol Officer:(Financial Reporting Division (FRD).

Telephone Number: 9406028794

Email: lawrencewayneells@gmail.com

Contact him with your :Full name and Address,Telephone number,Any form of identification before the Visa Card payment can be released and delivered to you within 48 hours of opening communication with the above office as directed and he will be able to give you further instructions base on this circular.

Yours Faithfully,

Director, Office of Financial Management

Douglas A. Glenn

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