419 scam: "Charles Christensen"<office@WEBSMILE.biz> Urgent Clarification Needed!!!

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states dollars" (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: "Charles Christensen" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <robertdickson495@yahoo.com.au>
Date: Mon, 16 Jan 2017 23:21:37 +0100
Subject: Urgent Clarification Needed!!!

Dear ,

This email is from the Funds Verification Unit of the Debt Management Office. We are responsible for monitoring & investigating the legitimacy of UNPAID Contract payments and to ensure that all approved contract/inheritance payments are paid in full to the rightful beneficiaries. We have tried several times to contact you regarding the release of your contract/inheritance payment worth $10,500,000.00 {Ten Million, Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars} and received no response from you; the mails sent to you always return undelivered. After Extensive close door meetings with Board of Directors and other Stake holders, it has been resolved and agreed that your contract/inheritance Fund would be released to you via a newly designed payment method.

You were listed as a beneficiary in the recent schedule for payment of outstanding debts incurred by the BRITISH GOVERNMENT pending since 2009 to 2015. According to your record; with your email address, your payment is categorized as: (Contract type: Lottery /inheritance/ unpaid funds/Undelivered Lottery fund) but On 31st October 2016, Federal Ministry of Finance met with the Senate Tax Committee on Finance regarding unclaimed funds which have been due for release for a long run and at the end of the meeting, the Federal Ministry of Finance have mandated all unclaimed funds to be released back to the beneficiaries stating that it is an unfair practice to withhold funds in government account for one reason or the other for tax accumulations therefore, we are writing this email to inform you that ($10,500,000.00) or it's equivalent have been approved to be release to you in your name as concluded by the Board.

In receipt of this confidential Letter, you are required to email this Bank immediately you receive this Confidential Letter to reconfirm your information as listed below.

1) Your Full Name.
2) Your Contact Address.
3) Your Occupation, Age and Marital status
4) Your Home Phone, Mobile/Cell Phone and fax Number.
5) Attach Copy of Identification.

As soon as i receive these informations, i will make out a new file for your payment and proceed with the processing of your fund release.

Cordially,

Charles Christensen.
Funds Verification, Consolidation & Reconciliation Unit,
Debt Management Office.

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