419 scam: "Gov.HEARDN_OFFICE" <sacswitch6566@gmail.com> WAITING FOR YOU

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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.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.
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.
- officeprivacy80@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Gov.HEARDN_OFFICE" <sacswitch6566@gmail.com>
Reply-To: officeprivacy80@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 11 Nov 2021 18:30:33 -0600
Subject: WAITING FOR YOU

!!GREETINGS!!

There is an issue with World bank involving ($25 million USD) which
was called to this office by International Monetary Fund(I.M.F)an
instruction has come directly from Mrs.Kristalina Georgieva (the senior
officer in charge in International Monetary Fund in Washington Dc)

she asked us to start sending your fund install mentally ($20,000 USD)
per day.This type of transfer means you will be receiving ($20,000
USD) everyday through any bank of your choice till you receive your
whole compensated fund of ($25.million USD) In further arrangement, we
have programmed the transaction with a clear calculation and decided
to inform you before the commiseration of it all.To enable us send to
right person,you are then advised to get back to us stating clearly to
reconfirm the below information:

1.Your full name.

2.Your full address.

3.Copy of ID front and back of it .

4.The test question and answer you will like us to use for the transfer.

5.Your direct telephone number to call you whenever a payment is sent.

As soon as the above information are received by this office,We will
quickly send you the first Deposit of ($20,000 USD) installment and
wait for you to receive it and inform us as we continue with the
transaction till you receive the whole of your compensation fund of
($25 million USD) You are then to send the above requested information
immediatly without any delay to this transaction to make sure every thing
works surcessfuly.

We will be waiting to hear from you as soon as you receive our massage
in to the,

DIRECTOR'S PRIVATE OFFICE

Mrs,Kristalina Georgieva
Reply to:officeprivacy80@gmail.com
Your urgent response will be waiting.

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