419 scam: Howard-Woord <parisconcertonethree55@irssecured.com> Are You Hospitalized?

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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:
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.

Fraud email example:

From: Howard-Woord <parisconcertonethree55@irssecured.com>
Reply-To: <email-howardwood@foxmail.com>
Date: Sat, 16 Jan 2016 03:55:09 -0800
Subject: Are You Hospitalized?

CITIBANK
180 W Merrick Rd,
Freeport, NY 11520,
United States.

Attention:

This is to notify you of a new order on the release of your contract fund. You have been reported to be sick and hospitalized for about Two months now by your representative Engr. Williams Athens and your partner Mrs. Latrina M. King of United State forwarding the below account for the transfer of Partition payment of $2.5M USD of your contract fund as instructed by you with power of attorney tendered to us. Please verify these information;

Bank Name: AMERICAN SAVINGS BANK
Address: 700 Keeaumoku Street, Honolulu, Hawaii, 96815 USA.
Account Name: Latrina M. King
Account Number: 8002999709
Routing Number: 321370765

I wish to inform you that your (US$2.5M) outstanding payment has been approved and ready to be paid but we want to confirm first from you by giving you our mode of payment.so take note that we have (1) mode of payment which is:

(1) ATM Card Payment: An ATM Card Will Be Charged With This Amount with Limited Withdrawals per day.

Note: All sundry charge and expenses relating to your Contract/Inheritance payment has been fully paid by CitiBank. No entity, No organization or individual shall request upfront payment from you in any form because, all expense has been deducted from your contract sum.

I will require you to get back to this office with your decision and we will take it from there.

Yours in service,

Mr. Howard Renee Woods
Tel: 516-348-6941

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