419 scam: test@test.com Hello Friend Re: Your Payment Instruction

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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.
- info.westonlnational-bank@financier.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: test@test.com
Reply-To: officenai774@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 20 Jul 2017 14:01:38 -0700
Subject: Hello Friend Re: Your Payment Instruction

Hello Friend

Re: Your Payment Instruction
How are you doing today? Hope you are good, But why have kept me silence for this long my Friend? Well, be advised that since I did not hear from you all this while regarding the delivery of your abandoned package, and now, the Customs are commencing their Quarterly Routine Check on undelivered/abandoned package next week, so to avoid confiscation or re-direction of your package, I have last Friday decided to make an ar.66:25rangement with the security officer to deposited the contents of the package worth (USD10.5Millions) with the Western Online National Bank Texas in your name through the help of a Financial Consultant working with the said bank for safe keeping,

You are by this letter instructed to open communication with the below named bank with the contact informationâ€™s as stated within the next 48hrs hours upon your receipt of this instruction as the bona-fide beneficiary of the said deposited fund for onward transfer into your local bank account

Bank Contact Address
Contact Person: Mr. Andrew Scripes (Payment Coordinator)
Western Online National Bank
801 N Texas Ave, Odessa, TX 79761.USA.
Email: info.westonlnational-bank@financier.com
Tel: +1 432 203 2584

Be advised to notify me as soon as you have open communication with the named bank for advice and directive for easy and fast transfer of fund into your local bank account.

Thank you for the cooperation and understanding, please note that our initial agreement still remain valid upon confirmation of fund.

Thank You.

Michael Kamau
Interim Head of Luggage/Baggage

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