419 scam: "Mrs. Samantha Stewart"<purchase2@sanjianco.com> YOUR FUND TRANSFER

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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: "Mrs. Samantha Stewart" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <samanthastewart@rediffmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:14:20 +0100
Subject: YOUR FUND TRANSFER

UNITED NATIONS

WORLD BANK ASSISTED PROGRAMMED

1st Avenue, New York, NY 10017.USA

REF/PAYMENTS CODE:06654

Attention:Beneficiary

$10.5 MILLION Part Payment

I have been mandated by the United Nations to pay 100

contractors/inheritance the sum $10.5 Million each.You are

listed as one of the scammed victims.I want you to know that during

the last UN meetings held at Washington D C,USA,it was alarmed so much

by the rest of the world that there have been so much loss of funds by

various foreigners to the scams artists operating in syndicates all

over the world today.In order to regain the good image of the

ORGANIZATION,we have decided to pay 100 scammed victims the sum of

$10.5 Million USD each.

However,due to the corrupt and inefficient bank officials you dealt

with in the past, the payment has to be made by DEUTSCHE BANK NEW

YORK.According to the statistics of applicants at hand,65

beneficiaries have already been paid ,half of the victims are from the

United States. The rest are still in progress.

Please confirm the following details to avoid wrong payment:

Full names:

Address:

Direct telephone number:

Scan copy of your ID

I shall feed you with further modalities as soon as I hear from you.

When we have received your response, we will

kindly give you the contact information of the paying Bank, to enable

them start processing your payment immediately.

Yours Faithfully,

Congratulations.

Mrs. Samantha Stewart

USA OFFICE COORDINATOR[UN]

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