419 scam: "Mr Steven Mnuchin"<director@opep.go.th> ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES

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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:
- "of which your share shall be" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states 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.
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.
- stemnuchen010@citromail.hu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Steven Mnuchin" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stemnuchen010@citromail.hu>
Date: Mon, 28 Sep 2020 14:30:23 -0700
Subject: ASSISTANCE REQUIRED FOR ACQUISITION OF ESTATES

Attention:- Sir,

I write to inform you of my desire to acquire estates or landed properties in your state/country on behalf of the Director of Contracts and Finance Allocation of the United States Department Of Treasury in United States Of America. Considering his very strategic and influential position, he would want the transaction to be strictly as
confidential as possible. He further wants his identity to remain undisclosed at least for now, until the completion of the transaction.
Hence our desire to have an agent.

I have therefore been directed to inquire if you would agree to act as our overseas agent in order to actualize this transaction.

The deal in brief is that the funds with which to carry out our proposed investments in your state/country is presently in a coded bank account in usa and we need your assistance to transfer the funds to any safe account outside or inside your State/country in a convenient bank account that will be provided by you before we can put the funds into use.

For this you shall be considered to have executed a contract for the ministry. The contract sum of which shall run into US$95.5Million United States Dollars of which your share shall be 30% if you agree to be our agent. Your area of specialization does not matter in this transaction, all that is required of you is a safe account and your willingness to assist us acquire estates in your States/country.

As soon as payment is effected and the amount mentioned above is successfully transferred into your account, we intend to use our own share in acquiring some estates abroad.

For this too, you shall serve as our agent. It might interest you to note that last year, a similar transaction was carried out with one MR. CHIENCHEN YU of Taiwan but after securing the payment approvals, and payment effected, MR.CHIENCHEN YU changed his numbers and addresses, and was no where to be found on our getting to Taiwan.

That was how we lost US$75.5Million. So this time around, I will be with you before the remmittance is made into your provided account to avoid future occurrence and allow trust to play a very minimal role until performance is seen.

You are requested to communicate your acceptance or otherwise of this proposal, through my email address (stemnuchen010@citromail.hu). After which we shall discuss in details the modalities for seeing this transaction through. If however, you are not disposed to assist, kindly destroy this letter in view of the confidentiality of the proposed transaction and interest of personalities involved.

Thank you in anticipation of your co-operation.

Best Regards,

Mr Steven Mnuchin

You can contact me via me personal email address. (stemnuchen010@citromail.hu)

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