419 scam: "Canada Revenue Agency" <admin@goserver.com> INTERAC e-Transfer: Canada Revenue Agency Sent You Money

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Canada Revenue Agency" <admin@goserver.com>
Reply-To: nnaemekas4real@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 16 Dec 2017 11:20:14 -0800
Subject: INTERAC e-Transfer: Canada Revenue Agency Sent You Money

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Hi,

Canada Revenue Agency sent you $865.56 (CAD) for Over Paid Tax.
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Deposit your money at:
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Select a different financial institution
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FAQs | This is a secure transaction =

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=A9 2000 - 2017 Acxsys Corporation.
All rights reserved. Terms of Use =

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Email or text messages carry the notice while the financial institution=
s securely transfer the money using existing payment networks. For the answ=
ers to common questions please visit our FAQs. If your financial institutio=
n does not yet offer Interac e-Transfer=AE, you can still deposit transfers=
to any bank account in Canada.
This email was sent to you by Acxsys Corporation, the owner of the Interac=
e-Transfer service, on behalf of SHAWNA WRIGHT at RBC Royal Bank.
Interac Association / Acxsys Corporation
Royal Bank Plaza, North Tower, 200 Bay Street, Suite 2400
P.O. Box 45, Toronto, ON M5J 2J1 =

www.interac.ca
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