419 scam: "Mr. Morris Harvard"<barnerm@xavier.edu> Attn: Homeland Security

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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.
- citybank1001@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <citybank1001@accountant.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Oct 2017 02:05:10 +0100
Subject: Attn: Homeland Security

Hello,

we the Homeland Security authority new York USA hereby to notify you that we have concluded all arrangements

regarding the release of your fund.
We concluded a meeting yesterday with the IMF Office, the United Nation UN and the FBI to release your fund valued

at $10.5M direct to your receiving bank account with the Citibank of New York here in United States without any

further delays.

Therefore, you are kindly advice to quit/mute on every dealings with another office/bank to avoid you fall into

scam victim and know that your fund has been deposited into the Citibank Lincoln square , New York NY, 10023 USA.

You are further advice to contact the Citibank at New York for your fund transfer today.

Contact person: Mr. Richard D. Parsons,
Address: 100 N Main Street USA, Marceline, MO 64658, USA
Tell: (+1757-7748-501)
chairman, Citigroup Inc.
E-mail address: citybank1001@accountant.com

Please kindly go ahead and contact the bank right now to enable them commence your transfer this morning. Get

back to me once you have contacted the Citibank.

Regards,
Mr. Morris Harvard,
Cheif clearing officer
,Homeland Security office.

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