419 scam: "Solicitor S.A"<solicitor908@gmail.com> Important Notification,,..

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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:
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +34604203988 (Spain, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- solicitor1727@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Solicitor S.A" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <solicitor1727@hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2020 15:15:12 +0200
Subject: Important Notification,,..

MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS OF SPAIN
Claim Dept.
Directorate Of International
Payment And Transfer
Debt Reconciliation/Audit Unit MAEUEC
Calle Ribera Del Loira 44,
E- 28042 Madrid

Ref: ES/EU/YW951
Unit MAEUEC

IMMEDIATE RELEASE OF YOUR FUND Euro 1.960M ONLY VIA BANK TRANSFER OR CURRENCY EXCHANGE & INTERNATIONAL PAYMENTS
It is a pleasure to write you that we have reconciled with our logistic department on the reimbursement of some fund spent by you during the cause of your inadequate dealings with some impostors who claim to be staff in banks and other regional payment centres. Our reconciliation teams with the prospectus instruments of the United Nations after freezing suspected impostors accounts. These supports were fully effective with the help of World Bank after a summit meeting in EUROPE, on the financial analysis on financial stability issues fluctuating their economy with the international global standard.
After gathering of this sum, our logistic department gave us a list of customers to be paid the sum of Euro 1.960M (One million, Nine hundred and Sixty Thousand Euros) to those who fell victims to these impostors due to unawareness and mode of payment was as well specified for proper conducts and financial regulations to kick against criminality during process of payment. We have arranged your payment through our currency exchange centres, which is the latest instruction from International Monetary Fund Reconciliation Office.
If the intended recipient of this letter is deceased, the legitimate next of kin can file a claim for the money.
The currency exchange centre will send you an e-mail with an account number which you will use to transfer your money in your own bank account, MoneyCorp and Union Pay Credit outlets in the world, or a satisfy cheque to your mailing address. You are hereby selected as an honour for this payment approval, which you are to acknowledge the receipt of this mail in returning the required below to the Bank Department. For more information, contact Solicitor D. José Sánchez, who is your representative in this process at Mendez Solicitors, Ph./Fax:+34 604 203 988 E-mail: solicitor1727@hotmail.com in order to enable him to proceed with the funds release. Finally, for the purpose of proper verification of your claim, it is imperative that you furnish us with the following details necessary to process release/remittance of your payment:
1) YOUR FULL NAME(S)______________________________________
2) FULL ADDRESS, CITY______________________________________
3) STATE__________________________________________________
4) COUNTRY_______________________________________________
5) DIRECT HOME PHONE NUMBER______________________________
6) MOBILE PHONE AND FAX___________________________________
7) COMPANY NAME__________________________________________
8) POSITION AND ADDRESS (IF ANY)___________________________
10) OCCUPATION___________________________________________
11) AGE, AND MARITAL STATUS:_______________________________
12) A COPY OF YOUR INT'L PASSPORT/DRIVERS LICENSE
For your information, you have to stop any further communication with any other person (s) or office (s) to avoid any hitches in receiving your payment.
Because of Impostors, we hereby issued your own code of conduct, which is (MC-2717) so you have to indicate this code when contacting the Currency Exchange centre by using it as your subject. Please note that the final date to carry out the claim is 17th of April 2020.
Kindly be informed that recipients shall be liable to all cost arising for the delivery of the donation parcel. This is due to Legal law protecting all donation funds misappropriation.

Yours in Service,
Luís Montes Contreras
Coordinator
Claim Dept.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Spain

NOTICE: This E-mail (including attachments) is covered by the Electronic Communication Privacy Acts, 18 U.S.C Sec 2510-2521, is confidential and may be legally privileged. The information is solely for the use of the addressee named above. If you are not the intended recipient, any disclosure, copying, distribution, or other use of the contents of this information is strictly prohibited. If you have received this E-mail in error, please notify us by return e-mail

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