419 scam: FinCEN <"WWW.FinCEN."@wine.ocn.ne.jp> NOTICE OF ONGOING INVESTIGATION

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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:
- "million 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.
- www.fincen.gov@usa.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FinCEN <"WWW.FinCEN."@wine.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network " <www.fincen.gov@usa.com>
Date: Sat, 9 Dec 2017 09:46:43 +0900 (JST)
Subject: NOTICE OF ONGOING INVESTIGATION

The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
Headquarters Vienna,Virginia.
2070 Chain Bridge Road,
Suite 200. Vienna, VA 22182
E-Mail: www.fincen.gov@usa.com

NOTICE OF ONGOING INVESTIGATION

Attn Recipient:

This is agent Michanczyk Amanda, we were sent by the Acting Director of The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network (Jamal El-Hindi), and we are currently in Africa as an FinCEN / United States delegate that have been delegated to investigate foreign transactions going on in Africa.
Be informed that during our investigations we found out that there is a total amount of $4.5 Million dollars that has been assigned in your name as the beneficiary but the office who are in position to remit your fund seized it for their own selfish interest, they are fraudsters who$B!G(Bs interest is to extort money from you in the name of the transfer, We have to inform you that we have arrested some men in respect of this delayed overdue fund. We have limited time to stay here so we advise your urgent response
Do not disclose this development to anyone to avoid jeopardizing with our investigation because we want to arrest most of these fraudsters and bring them to law.

I will be expecting your swift respond as we have instructed the bank where your fund was deposited to issue a certified check once we reconfirm your full details to them; you are to reply back with below details.

Full Name:
Address:
Country:
State:
Zip code:
Cell Phone:
Age:
Occupation:

In future if you receive any email/text massage or if you are already in communication with any person in regard to this kindly forward their details to us for proper investigation.

In case if found this message in spam folder, it could be due to your Internet Service Provider, ISP. So kindly move to your inbox before replying.

Regards,
Michanczyk Amanda (FinCEN)
The Financial Crimes Enforcement Network
(540) 360-0882

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