419 scam: "woodforest bank"<contact@epos-ksa.com> TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER NOTICE OF US$17.5 MILLION TRANSFER RELEASE UPDATE;

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million us 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.

Fraud email example:

From: "woodforest bank" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <woodforestbank60@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2019 22:25:55 +0200
Subject: TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER NOTICE OF US$17.5 MILLION TRANSFER RELEASE UPDATE;

TELEGRAPHIC TRANSFER NOTICE OF US$17.5 MILLION TRANSFER RELEASE UPDATE;

ATTENTION

This is to notify you that your $17.5million funds are currently being lodged into wood forest national bank in dayton ohio branch
because we held meeting today with the (united nation) because they totally gives beneficiaries like you the opportunity to transfer funds via telephone banking to be able to escape international monetary policies against transfer of funds above million us dollars.

However, this new payment arrangement is designed to help you get access to global telephone banking and complete transfer of funds without any delay.

Finally, furnish us with your full name and your mobile telephone number and a copy of your id, is all we need and your account will be activated, this is to make sure you are the right person.

So can you please furnish us with your details again, so as to facilitate the transfer of your fund immediately to your designated bank account? The details are as follows:

Name and address of bank:
Account name:
Account no.
Swift code:
Attachment:
direct phone;

As soon as we receive these details, we will proceed with the fund transfer process.once again i apologize for the delay, i promise we will strive to make it up to you.

Regards,
Mr. Robert E Marling.

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