419 scam: Recovery Unit <johnsonodeneal@gmail.com> YOUR FUND RECOVERED.

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +27835766235 (South Africa, prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- discoveryunithmtreasure1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Recovery Unit <johnsonodeneal@gmail.com>
Reply-To: discoveryunithmtreasure1@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 10 Mar 2022 19:07:27 +0200
Subject: YOUR FUND RECOVERED.

United Kingdom.

Dear Beneficiary,

The Department of the fund recovery has investigated your fund, which has
been in the transfer process for some period of time.

During the second quarter of the general Financial Auditing, the recovery
unit has recovered your fund to the tune of R 2. 000.000.00 (Two Million
Rand) which was to be paid to you as the beneficiary.

And it has been understood by our investigation team, this fund was
acquired by you as a result of the initial inheritance of the fund, which
your partner was supposed to remit the fund into your bank account some
past years. After the auditing, the recovery unit decides that the entire
recovered and returned fund should be paid to the beneficiary owners within
2 weeks. This decision was taken by the Board of the auditors in the
recovery department, and at present the fund is in the escrow account.

The recovery unit has approved the release of your fund, and it has also
decided that your fund should be transferred to you without any further
delay. For your full identification and authorization of your payment, you
are hereby advised to send our approval department/agent your full
information as stated below:

PERSONAL INFORMATION'S:

FULL NAMES:..........................................

AGE OR DATE OF BIRTH:......................

OCCUPATION:..........................................

COUNTRY OF ORIGIN:.............................

COUNTRY OF RESIDENT:..........................
ADDRESS:................................................

PHONE AND FAX
NUMBERS:..............................................................

Please email the below agent all your information details regarding these
developments and to enable us to proceed.

Name: Mrs. TANIA AGAM,
Department: Payout Manager
Tel: +27 624 107 549
Fax: +27 83 5766 235
Email: discoveryunithmtreasure1@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully,

Mr. M Eddie.
Recovery Administrator.

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