419 scam: "Mrs Amanda Nkosi"<jamesbriggs5280@gmail.com> COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

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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:
- "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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- +448447747860
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.
- barristerjames404@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Amanda Nkosi" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <barristerjames404@aol.com>
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 01:40:30 -0700
Subject: COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

FINANCIAL INTELLIGENCE CENTRE (FIC)
REPUBLIC OF SOUTH AFRICA
Annex Office, No: 7 Kikuyu Road Sunninghill Sandton Gauteng South Africa
Tel Number: 011-071-002651

Dear Email Owner/Fund Beneficiary,

COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT ORDER VIA ATM CARD

This is to inform you that, We have been working towards the eradication of fraudsters and scam Artists in Africa with the help of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) United Nations (UN), European Union (EU) and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and FBI. We have been able to track down so many of
this scam artist in various parts of African countries which includes (Nigeria, Republic of Benin, Ghana,Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, they will appear at International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands) soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.

During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover so much money from these scam artists. The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have ordered the money recovered from the Scammers to be shared among 100 Lucky people around the World for compensation. This Email/Letter has been directed to you because your email address was found in one of the scammer Artists file and computer hard-disk during the investigation, maybe you have been scammed. You are therefore being compensated in your local currency with the sum of R1,200,000.00 (ZAR) (One Million Two Hundred Thousand South African Rand Only).

We have also arrested some of those who claim that they are barristers, bank officials, Lottery Agents who have been sending you SMS on your phone that you have won a lottery which does not exist. Since your email address appeared among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive compensation funds, we have arranged your payment to be paid to you through ATM VISA CARD. An ATM Visa Card will be issued in your name and your R1,200,000.00 Rands will be loaded into it, and delivered to your postal address with the Pin Number, to enable you to withdraw your funds from any Bank ATM Machine in South Africa or anywhere in the world.

To issue the ATM Visa Card, you are therefore advised to contact the SUN TRUST BANK PLC USA, this is so because the United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Government has chosen them to payout all the compensation funds to the 100 Lucky beneficiaries, because SunTrust Bank Plc ATM Visa Card is a global payments technology that enables consumers, businesses, financial institutions and governments to use digital currency instead of cash and checks,. Kindly contact the Sun Trust Bank Plc ATM Visa Card Issuance Department now with the below contact details:

Contact: JAMES BRIGGS.
Director ATM VISA CARD Issuance Department
(TRUST BANK USA)
Contact Email: barristerjames404@aol.com
Fax Number: +44-844-774-7860

Contact him now for the delivery of your ATM Card. As soon as you establish a contact with him, an ATM card will be issued to you immediately which you can use to withdraw your funds in any Bank ATM Machine world wide, but the maximum is R50,000 (Rands) per day because the Card has been upgraded. So if you like to receive your funds through this means you're advised to contact (JAMES BRIGGS) with the following information as stated below:

1. Your Full Name:
2. Address Where You Want the Courier Company to Send Your ATM Card
To or (P.O Box)
3. Your Age:
4. Occupation:
5. Cell/Mobile Number:

Please Be Warned, as The United Nations Anti-Crime Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) does not instruct any other Bank or agent in this payment except (JAMES BRIGGS),whom we can only give attention to, and from now, we advise you to stop all the communications you are having with any other Agent or bank officials in Europe, Asia and Africa regarding to your payment.

Thanks for your understanding as you follow instructions.

Yours in Services.
MRS. AMANDA NKOSI
PUBLIC INFORMATION OFFICER.
(FIC) SOUTH AFRICA.

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