419 scam: "MR. FORD HENRY" <peterburger300@gmail.com> United States Department of the Treasury

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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:
- "required fee " (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "inheritance funds" (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)
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- fordherny@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. FORD HENRY" <peterburger300@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fordherny@yahoo.com
Date: Mon, 6 Dec 2021 12:12:03 +0100
Subject: United States Department of the Treasury

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United States Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW Washington, D.C.
United States.

DEAR BENEFICIARY
This is Mr. Ford Henry from the United States Department of the Treasury
Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy this is to inform you about your
inheritance / compensation fund file which was brought to my office by the
Internal Revenue Service (IRS) , for me to confiscate your transaction with
them. according to IRS Commissioner Mr. Charles Rettig He stated that I
should sign authorization letter of cancellation of an ATM MASTER card
worth $20,500,000.00 Million United States Dollars to be cancelled and
divert the fund to government treasury account because you can't afford to
pay the required fee which is $1000.00 to enable you receive your ATM card
fund, in his words he stated that you abandon your fund for some time now
without hearing from you. But I know the value and the importance of
inheritance funds so I told him to wait until I hear from you today and
knowing the reason why you abandoned your (US$20.5 million) United States
Dollars I don't see any reason why you should abandon your compensation
fund because of 1000.00 dollars.
Kindly reconfirm the below if you're still interested to pay the
outstanding fee of $1000.00 to receive your ATM card immediately.

Full Name ========Current home Address ======Direct Telephone Number ====Valid ID card ========
On Behalf of the entire United States Department of the Treasury we
sincerely apologize for the delay of your contract payment,
Inheritance/compensation funds from Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and all
the inconveniences you encountered while pursuing this payment.
I'm waiting to hear from you as soon as possible, Thanks

MR. FORD HENRY
fordherny@yahoo.com
United States Department of the Treasury
Assistant Secretary for Tax Policy.

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