419 scam: "Mohamad Musa" <cgibbs72@rushmore.com> Re: Your payment notification.

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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 us 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: "Mohamad Musa" <cgibbs72@rushmore.com>
Reply-To: mohamadmy2k@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 01 Jul 2017 09:38:44 +0800
Subject: Re: Your payment notification.

Attention,

Your long awaited contract fund of US$10,500,000.00 (Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) with Payment Reference No. FERES9ASWIFT/USD, Allocation No: 67487632 had been approved for payment. The Central Bank has given a go ahead pending your correspondence and verification. You are required to reconfirm your account details to enable the bank process the immediate release of your contract fund or you send your full names and address for irrovacable bank draft payment.

NOTE: If the beneficiary is late, kindly confirm your position in the family and relationship with him. This is because he had not returned our fax letters sent to him over 11 months ago and I knew he was very sick.

Thank you and God bless you.

Regards,
Mohamad Musa.
Operational Manager, Foreign Remittance Dept,

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