419 scam: "Bank of New York Mellon Corporation"<inf0@bnymellon.com> Notification

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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:
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "transferred into your bank account" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Bank of New York Mellon Corporation" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bmellon@mail.ua>
Date: Fri, 23 Jan 2015 08:39:51 -0800
Subject: Notification

>From the Desk of: Gerald L. Hassell

Chairman and CEO (BNY Bank of New York Mellon)

1 Wall St New York, NY, 10005 United States

Tel: 1-646-513-2607

Attn:

Have you in the past had any transaction with any Bank in Nigeria,Asia or Europe that involved US$9,500,000.00 which was not transferred into your Bank account by those banks?

The reason we are inquiring from you is due to the approved payment scheduled we recently received from the World Bank that contained a list of beneficiaries that are to receive their payment which your name is among. The World Bank has given BNY Bank of New York Mellon the approval to make the payment into each beneficiary's account.

Please kindly confirm if actually you did any transaction in the past with any Bank in those countries mentioned, before we proceed further with your payment.

Awaiting your confirmation.

Regards,

Gerald L. Hassell

Chairman and CEO (BNY Bank of New York Mellon)

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