419 scam: UNCLAIMED FUNDS <bernardpie4u@gmail.com> Your Payment

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- details.verified@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: UNCLAIMED FUNDS <bernardpie4u@gmail.com>
Reply-To: payments@wbicrcfunds.com
Date: Tue, 8 Feb 2022 17:37:02 +0900
Subject: Your Payment

Attention: Your Abandoned Fund Is Now Available For Payment,

Following the investigation by the FBI International Funds Monitoring
Unit approved by the the World Bank in collaboration with the United
States, the Treasury and G20 Heads of Government to find out reasons
why so many funds such as Contract Funds, Inheritance Funds, Lottery
and Lotto Funds still remain unclaimed and abandoned globally, your
name and details were found as one of the beneficiaries of an
unclaimed fund amounting to $ 4,591,000 (Four Million Five Hundred and
Ninety One Thousand United States Dollars and 2 (two) other funds also
listed in your name) with fund documents attached. Further
investigation shows that you have paid and lost huge amount of fees
without any success of receiving your fund. Your fund is now approved
for payment to you as all irregularities and and fees have been
cleared making your fund available for payment to you.

The Unclaimed and Abandoned Funds Payment Committee of the World Bank
and HSBC Bank has been mandated to verify details of beneficiaries and
ensure speedy payment of these funds to the respective beneficiaries.
We have been authorized to ensure all beneficiaries receive their fund
successfully without fees or cost.

If you were expecting this fund or any payment at all, you are
required to send your details to our office for verification and
payment. Send details such as; full names, contact address, mobile
phone number, fax, Age to enable us to verify your details and release
the fund to you as already approved by the relevant government and
bank authorities.

Send your details for verification and payment to:
payments@wbicrcfunds.com and details.verified@gmail.com

Call or Chat Us on: +1 (202) 770-3092 (Text Messages) +1 (404)
543-0107 (Text & WhatsApp)

Your quick response is required.

Regards,

Gerald F. Keefe
HSBC Global Banking & Payments Unit
Chairman, Abandoned/Unclaimed Funds Committee,
Atlanta GA, USA.

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