419 scam: "Mr. Scott Grog" <info@investigation.org> This is the National Crime Investigation Center USA.

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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.
- investigationcenter@citromail.hu (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Scott Grog" <info@investigation.org>
Reply-To: investigationcenter@citromail.hu
Date: Tue, 02 Mar 2021 14:03:03 +0100
Subject: This is the National Crime Investigation Center USA.

Read Carefully.

This is the National Crime Investigation Center USA.

In our investigations from banks on International and National Funds Transfer (INFT) protocols in the past 10 years from all banks
worldwide.

We have come across your contact details and records with one of these Banks. In view of the carried investigations, we have
contacted you confidentially for vital information toward your transaction with this bank. It was clear that the bank has delayed
your payment thereby looking for a means to divert your fund to different individual accounts not belonging to you.

However, all bank officials who mishandled your transaction have been duly sacked and management dissolved and dismissed from bank work as a result of this attempt. Upon our investigation conclusion, we found out that your transaction was legitimate and for this reason, a compensation amount of $3,150,567.00 (Three million one hundred and fifty thousand, five hundred and sixty seven dollars) has been allocated to you for immediate payment through our accredited bank, EURO BANK- PAYMENT REQUIREMENTS.

Kindly contact the compensation paying officer with the below details.

Name: Mr. Larry Ellis
Email: investigationcenter@citromail.hu

Thanks.

Yours sincerely,

Mr. Scott Grog

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