419 scam: "Mr. Desmond Mohd" <info@usa.org> Urgent Payment Notice From Standard Chartered Bank,

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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:
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- western_unuion@rediffmail.com (Rediffmail, India; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Desmond Mohd" <info@usa.org>
Reply-To: western_unuion00@rediffmail.com
Date: Sun, 17 Sep 2017 21:31:08 -0400
Subject: Urgent Payment Notice From Standard Chartered Bank,

Standard Chartered Bank
57 Marina P.O. Box 2406 Cotonou,
Benin Republic
Email: western_unuion@rediffmail.com

Attention:

Ref: Payment Of $15.5 Million Approval.

We received instruction few days from our correspondence bank to transfer the sum of $15.5 million into your account which we are on the process to open an online banking account on your name and forward to you the account information so that you can transfer your fund into your regular account in your country by yourself to avoid any problem.

To our great surprise this morning when we are about to open your online banking account, we received another email from One Ms. Diane L. Mcallister whom claims to be your representative and forwarded to us the following account information for us to transfer the fund into her account. She came in company with ONE OF our bank staff.

The account which she forward to us as follow.

Bank of America
St. Petersburg, Florida, USA
Diane L. Mcallister
Account# 003767127294
Routing # 063100277
65 Jabotinsky St\#2
Ramat Gan, ISRAEL 54224

Please, Do reconfirm to us as a matter of urgency if this lady is from you and has your authority to receive your fund .If this lady is not your representative, You are requested to fill and send this information for verification purpose, so that your fund value of $15.5million united state dollars will be paid to you through online banking method.

1. YOUR FULL NAME..........................
2. YOUR TELEPHONE......
3. FAX...........................
4. AGE...........
5. SEX........................... .........
6. YOUR OCCUPATION.................... ............
7. YOUR ADDRESS....................... .

HOWEVER, WE SHALL PROCEED TO ISSUE ALL PAYMENT DETAILS TO THE SAID MS. Diane L. Mcallister, IF WE DO NOT HEAR FROM YOU WITHIN THE NEXT SEVEN WORKING DAYS FROM TODAY, WE WILL PROCESS AND RELEASE THE FUND INTO Ms. Diane L. Mcallister's ACCOUNT.

Confirm your receipt of this mail without delay.

Yours Faithfully
Mr. Desmond Mohd
Foreign Transfer Manager. ( F.T.M )

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