419 scam: "From: Mr Raul Dominguez" <1@saudemfamilia.com.br> hello!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- imf_brazil@iol.pt (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From: Mr Raul Dominguez" <1@saudemfamilia.com.br>
Reply-To: imf_brazil@iol.pt
Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2017 17:41:40 -0300
Subject: hello!

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From Bradesco Bank ATMs
RE:YOUR PAYMENT NOTIFICATION
From:Mr Raul Dominguez
Remittance Manager
Bradesco Bank Of Brazil.
Email: imf_brazil@iol.pt
Phone Number: +5511984318819

Attention: Beneficiary:

This is to officially inform you that we have verified your contact
inheritance file presently on my desk, and I found out that you have not
received your payment due to your lack of co-operation and not
fulfilling the obligations giving to you in respect to your contract
/inheritance payment.

Secondly, you are hereby advice to stop dealing with some non-officials
in the bank as this is an illegal act and will have to stop if you so
wish to receive your payment immediately. After the board meeting held
at our headquarters, we have resolved in finding a solution to your
problem, and as you may know, we have arranged your payment through our
SWIFT CARD PAYMENT CENTRE in Europe, South America and Asia Pacific,
which is then instruction given by our president, Michel Temer (RFB)
Federal Republic of Brazil.

This BANK will send you an ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your
money in an A.T.M MACHINE in any part of the world, but the maximum is
Fifteen Thousand Us Dollars per transaction. So, if you like to receive
your fund this way, Fifteen Thousand Us Dollars for you to withdraw for
a day and each transaction is Five Thousand Us Dollars minimum which you
have to withdraw Fifteen Thousand Us Dollars for one working day also be
informed that the total amount in the SWIFT ATM CARD is fourteen Million
Six hundred thousand dollars.

(1) Your Full Name :
(2) Your Address where you want the payment centre to send your ATM
CARD.:
(3) Phone And Fax Number :
(4) Age and Occupation :
(5) Your Nearest International Air Port in your City of residence:

We shall be expecting to receive your information you have stop any
further communication with anybody or office. On this regards, do not
hesitate to contact me for more details and direction, and also please
do update me with any new development.

Thanks for your co-operation.

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