419 scam: "Mr.Timothy J. Sloan"<wf@hotmail.com> Attn; Your long overdue lottery payment...

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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.
- uswellsfagob@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- fargo bank 100 park ave, new york, 10017 usa email; uswellsfagob@hotmail.com tel ; 1-646-875-5290 attn; your long overdue lottery (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Timothy J. Sloan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <wellsfargbank@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 5 Jan 1980 11:51:14 -0800
Subject: Attn; Your long overdue lottery payment...

Wells Fargo Bank

100 Park Ave, New York, 10017 USA

Email; uswellsfagob@hotmail.com

Tel ; 1-646-875-5290

Attn; Your long overdue lottery payment...

Your long overdue lottery payment valued 3,000.000usd, From National UK Lottery 1010 Liverpool, UK, London United Kingdom has been received by our bank on Friday August 8th 2014. And will be sent to you via ATM visa/ Master card, Ref of your lottery winnings,

Ticket no ==057299401

Winning no ==EB3554887UK

Serial no ==1243220029

Total amount won== 3,000.000usd

Taxes and bank commissions=30,000usd

Total deduction =30,000usd

Balance==== $2,970,000usd

Please reconfirm your Name, your occupation,your address and your phone number, via this email; ( wellsfargbankus@gmail.com ), or call; 1-646-875-5290 to enable wells Fargo bank send your Certificate of Irrevocable payment Guarantee, And your ATM visa card directly to you, while your four(4) digit pin code will be given to you as soon as we hear from you.

Congratulations!!!!!

Best Regard,

Mr.Timothy J. Sloan

Chief Financial Officer, Wells Fargo Bank

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