419 scam: US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY <v.montes@mairie-chaponost.fr> Dear Beneficiary

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY <v.montes@mairie-chaponost.fr>
Reply-To: <contacts@depttreasury.com>
Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2020 08:29:53 -0800
Subject: Dear Beneficiary

US DEPARTMENT OF TREASURY

CORPORATE HEAD OFFICE

1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, in

Washington, D.C

Tel:+1-213-218-3353

============================

Dear Beneficiary,

Compliment of the day to you and greetings from the management of the United states department of treasury.

As part of our plans to serve the world and the American citizens at large with the best of services and transparency in all our activities, you have been nominated to be a beneficiary of the initial compensation of the sum of $2.6 million USD.

Now this money did not just appear out of the moon.

Details of the origin of the funds will be communicated to you immediately we re-confirm the following information's of yours.

As we make preparations to remit the funds to you through the safest and easiest means you will prefer.

Full Name....................

Home Address.................

Age/Occupation..............

Valid Phone number............

Country/State........

Any Of Your Identity Card........

Kindly get back to us by reconfirming your full information.

Mr. Anthony Bradley

Head of Operations

Anti-fraud resources:

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