419 scam: "Jeff Sessions US Attorney-General"<admintb@kpru.ac.th> Reply

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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:
- "activation fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "western union" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "mtcn" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- info_attorneygeneral_fund@samerica.com (Samerica; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Jeff Sessions US Attorney-General" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fundapprovalissue42016@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2017 08:07:32 -0700
Subject: Reply

Department of Justice

U.S. Department of Justice

Tennessee Main-Middle

Address: 10 Cadillac Drive, Suite 200, Brentwood, TN 37027

+1(615) 266-6137

Official Email: info_attorneygeneral_fund@samerica.com

Re-conciliation Letter.

I am very sorry my late response in contacting you because ever since i resume this office on 27th April as the new US Attorney General i

was bothered to contact you regarding the abandon files by Eric Holder which he did not complete before leaving the office.

Since i resume this office, i have been bothered by so much things and the high rate of scam i am receiving every day is the worst thing and

the main issue that makes me to cry every night because many poor citizens always send me an email on how they lost there life savings

and borrowed from many loan companies and not able to refund back now which has lead them to many confusion in life.

I went for a conference which was held in IMF office London and luckily for me, the Word Bank director ( Jim Yong Kim) was there when i raised the

issue of high rate of scam and plead them to asign a certain amount for compensation to scam victims.

At the end of the meeting the word bank director (Jim Yong Kim) was able to approved $2.5 million USD for compensation fund and we

gathered alot of email address of scam victims from many continent of the world and luckily for you, your email address was among the first

five people to receive to receive there fund within 48 hours.

The money is already deposited with Citi Bank USA and i told them to convert the money to an Master ATM Card so that it

will be easy for you to access your fund in any ATM Machine around the world since is a VISA CARD to avoid any unnecessary fees by the IMF if

the fund was to be transferred to you by wire Transfer.

Finally, the Master ATM Card is now ready and i will be coming back to the states with yours and i want to use my hand and deliver it your

house address because i also heard how the delivery company also require for many fees and never deliver at last.

The Citi Bank USA said that since you don't have any Account with them but the Master ATM Card was programmed by them, you

are required to send the Activation fee of $570 so that they will activate the CARD for you and it must be Activated before they can

release the CARD to me so that you will not have any problem in withdrawing money from the ATM CARD.

The Bank Manager said that you have to send this fee via Money Gram / Western Union / RIA / Walmart- Walmart

only with this information.

Receivers Name :.......

Receivers Address:.......

Receivers Zip Code:.......

Receivers City:.......

Receivers States:.......

Receivers Country:....... USA

Sender's Name:.......

Sender's Address:.....

MTCN:.....

Please make sure you write the receivers name completely with no mistake so that there will be no problem in receiving the money.

Note: On no Account, you will charged for any kind of additional fee because they have assured me about that and i will be the one to

deliver the Master ATM Card to you free of charge.

Kindly adhere and send the money immediately you receive this mail so that i will be coming back with your ATM CARD because i have not less

than 24 hours to leave this country.

Note: My working ID and Guarantee Letter is attached to this mail for confirmation. and also kindly feel free to sms me via Tel: +1(615) 266-6137

Thanks for your understanding!

Regards.

Jeff Sessions.

US Attorney-General

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