419 scam: "Mr. Terry Lee"<smtp@sender.org> You Authorised Him?

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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:
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Terry Lee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <gogmin77@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2014 17:37:40 +0800
Subject: You Authorised Him?

ATTN: Fund Beneficiary,

This is a notification message following an instruction from our deceased customer to transfer the sum of USD$7M into your account which we were on the process of seeking ways as to communicate you and get you properly informed about this new development to enable us officially transfer your fund from Database online method of payment for convenience into your designated local bank account without any complication or further delays.

Surprisingly this day, we received an email from Mr. Paul Adams who claimed to be your representative forwarding the following account information to our office demanding us to transfer the fund into his below account.

Here are details of the bank account he forwarded to our office.

Bank of America(BOA)
301 S Kings Dr, Charlotte, NC 28204, United States
Mr. Paul Adams
Account# 004763124292
Routing # 064120351
P.O.Box 43,182 B Circle St.,
Herlong,CA 96113-0043 USA

Quickly let us know vividly as a matter of urgency if actually this man have authorization/permission to receive your fund or on the contrary never your representative, you are officially requested to fill and send the under listed details correctly as soon as possible for verification purpose and for the immediate and speedy processing of your fund immediately

1. YOUR FULL NAME..........................
2. YOUR TELEPHONE......
3. FAX......................
4. AGE...........
5. SEX........................... .........
6. YOUR OCCUPATION.................... ............
7. YOUR ADDRESS....................... .
8. BANK DETAILS WERE YOUR FUND WILL BE TRANSFER INTO....

HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE SAID Mr. Paul Adams IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT THREE WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY, WE WILL PROCESS AND RELEASE THE FUND INTO HIS BANK ACCOUNT ACCORDINGLY.

Confirm your receipt of this mail without delay.....

Yours in service,
ROY LIN

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