419 scam: "MR. JOHN DEPASQUALE" <contacm@tim.it> Dear Sir/Madam,

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "from the desk of" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
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.
- radiusbankny2017@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. JOHN DEPASQUALE" <contacm@tim.it>
Reply-To: radiusbankny2017@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Aug 2017 19:52:32 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Dear Sir/Madam,

FROM THE DESK OF:MR. JOHN DEPASQUALE.
MANAGER, FOREIGN OPERATIONS
RADIUS BANK NY.

Dear Sir/Madam,

We have this 20th of August, 2017, we received a payment credit
instruction from the United Nations , Federal Reserve Bank NY and IMF to
credit your
account with your compensation funds allocated in your name to the
tune of US$7.5Million (Seven million Five Hundred Thousand united states
dollars) from their
reserve accounts with us.

However, you are require to re-confirming
the following details as specified below to affect the transfer
aforementioned above to your

designated account details:

{1}. Your Full Name and Address.
{2}. Your Confidential Tel, Cell and Fax.
{3). Your Bank name and address.
{4). Your A/c Name and A/c Numbers.
(5). Your Swift Code / Routing Numbers.

Please do provide the above information accurately, because this
office cannot afford to be held liable for any wrong transfer of funds
or liability of funds credited into a ghost account.

You can contact us with the e-mail :radiusbankny2017@gmail.com

Thanks for banking with Radius Bank NY while we look forward to serving you.

Thanks and God bless you.

Regards,

MR. JOHN DEPASQUALE
DIRECTOR , CARLE PALME,
(Manager Foreign Operations, Radius Bank New York)
RADIUS BANK OF NEW YORK
You can contact us with the e-mail :radiusbankny2017@gmail.com

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