419 scam: "Anne Schuchat" <CDCOffice@gmail.com> From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

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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.
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.
- opayment768@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Anne Schuchat" <CDCOffice@gmail.com>
Reply-To: onlineoffic66@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 11 Jan 2021 22:28:44 -0800
Subject: From Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)

Dear Sir,

The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) in the United States has activated its Emergency Operations Center to assist public health partners in responding to the coronavirus outbreak by giving individual $1,750,000.00 ( One Million Seven Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars only) each as the nation's health protection agency, CDC saves lives and protects. While scientists around the world are working 24/7 to develop a COVID-19 vaccine, it will take many more months of testing

before itâ€™s approved and available. However, thereâ€™s something you can do right now to strengthen your immune system. Take Cannabidiol (CBD) oil...CBD can help keep your immune system at the stop of its game that is the most reason $1,750,000.00 has been approved to you.

I will advise you contact David W. Archey, Special Agent in Charge of the payment who will direct you to the paying bank.

Name: David W. Archey
Special Agent in Charge
United States Department of State Coronavirus Task Force.
E-mail: opayment768@gmail.com

Anne Schuchat, MD (RADM, USPHS, RET)
National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Mailstop F-80
4770 Buford Highway, NE
Atlanta, GA, 30341-3717

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