419 scam: British High Commission <treasurydepartmentunitedstate0@gmail.com> Your ATM Card Is Now In Oklahoma, USA.

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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:
- "deadline" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +448454860403
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.
- jayd.stout.okusa@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: British High Commission <treasurydepartmentunitedstate0@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jayd.stout.okusa@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 4 Jun 2017 14:20:46 +0100
Subject: Your ATM Card Is Now In Oklahoma, USA.

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BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
Metro Plaza,
275 Old Queen St,
Westminster,
London.
United Kingdom
Tel : +44 845 486 0403

Attention : Sir/Madam,

I'm so disappointed at the fact that you could give this respectable
office a schedule and then end up failing to meet up. Well, some other
victims have paid the fee on your behalf alongside his own too so the
two cards containing USD$5.500.000.00 was sent to him, he is a USA
based in USA. I had no choice but to plead with him to pay on your
behalf and then receive it for you because if i leave it here, the
NFIU will order me to confiscate it since you have already exceeded
the deadline announced by the NFIU.

Luckily for you, he accepted and paid it on your behalf so it was sent
to him via DHL overnight express delivery together with his too. He
confirmed that he got the cards today.

I told him that you will contact him for your card and as soon as you
pay him back the money he spent on your behalf he should send the ATM
CARD to you. You may as well confirm from him that his own is working
perfectly. Hence, he will not hesitate to send it back to us if you do
not lay claim to it in due time. Once you claim your card and start
withdrawal, do not hesitate to feed me back .His name is Mr. Jay Stout
Vines based in Oklahoma, USA and his e-mail:
jayd.stout.okusa@gmail.com, mail him to claim your card if you wish.

Yours in Service,

Dr. Jeff Parker
CONSULAR,
BRITISH HIGH COMMISSION
Tel : +44 845 486 0403

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