419 scam: "Mrs. Louis DeJoy" <remittanceunit005@gmail.com> Attn : ATM MasterCard Beneficiary ,

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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:

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:
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Louis DeJoy" <remittanceunit005@gmail.com>
Reply-To: unitedstatespostalservice574@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Nov 2021 16:25:00 +0100
Subject: Attn : ATM MasterCard Beneficiary ,

United States Postal Service
COURIER DELIVERY COMPANY
475 L'Enfant Plaza SW
Washington, D.C. 20260-0004 U.S.A

Attn : ATM MasterCard Beneficiary ,

This is POST OFFICE Courier Delivery Company of United State Of
America, the management of this company, wishes to inform you that, we
received a parcel containing an ATM Master Card valued $10.7million
USD with some vital documents attached on it, for safety delivery to
your home address in your country,within' the next 48hrs as soon as we
hear back from you. This is (payment office ) I am directed to inform
you that your payment verification and confirmations are OK.

This parcel was brought to us this morning by the ATM Card payment
office/United States Secretary of the Treasury as your inheritance
approved
fund to be delivered to you,without delay,so kindly reconfirm the
below information, to avoid delivery your ATM Master Card to a wrong
hand.

Full names..............
Parcel owner address...........
Tel...............

Scan Copy of Your International Passport Or Driver's License. We will
register your package and send you the tracking numbers before we
proceed for safety delivery of your package as soon as you reconfirm
the required information for safety delivery,

POST OFFICE is one of the world's great success stories, the start-up
that revolutionized the delivery of packages and information. In the
For the past 30 years, we've grown up and grown into a diverse family
of companies as a POST OFFICE that's bigger, stronger, better than
ever.

Yours affectionately.
Mrs. Louis DeJoy
United States Postmaster General

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