419 scam: "Office Contact" <Office@suncor.com> Re: URGENT PLEASE wyrd@nospam.wyrdwright.com

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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:
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "confidential business" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "very confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- samau25@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Office Contact" <Office@suncor.com>
Reply-To: officialmail594@gmail.com
Date: 14 Feb 2018 21:01:03 +0000
Subject: Re: URGENT PLEASE wyrd@nospam.wyrdwright.com

Hello.

I got your email address samau25@hotmail.com from a business
directory. I am Melvin M.Hansley, a security manager of (HSBC
Bank) I have urgent and very confidential business proposition
for you as rightly unveiled below,

I work with the above mentioned bank and need a partner who will
come forward to make claim to this deposited. It was deposited by
a US soldier from the 3rd Infantry Division, The soldier doesn't
want anyone from his office or top officers to know he deposited
this funds with our bank. I wish to solicit your partnership to
come forward for this claim of ($25,000,000.00 Twenty five
millions United State Dollars.)

The soldier need a honest trust reliable person that can assist
him to receive the funds and invest the funds. I will give you
all necessary information to come forward for the claim of the
funds, The soldier is ready to go 50/50 with you. %50 for you and
%50 for him and both of you will give to me 10% for assisting.
This funds have stay long with us for 5 years now without the
soldier coming back for the claim.

We need to work as team so that I can apply for the transfer of
the funds. I will apply with a power of attorney to change the
depositor name to yours for the claim of the funds as a partner
of the soldier.

I hope you understand.

Thanks, Yours sincerely,
Melvin M.Hansley. Tel: +1 4045966532

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