419 scam: "Ms. Teresa Adams" <dudumofasa@gmail.com> PLEASE CONFIRM. ARE YOU ALIVE OR DEAD?

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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:
- "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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms. Teresa Adams" <dudumofasa@gmail.com>
Reply-To: teresadams@zohomail.com
Date: Fri, 18 Mar 2022 20:23:53 -0500
Subject: PLEASE CONFIRM. ARE YOU ALIVE OR DEAD?

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UNITED NATIONS
FOREIGN DEBT SETTLEMENT & RECONCILIATION UNIT
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA.

Attention Valued Beneficiary,
I hereby send to you the information submitted by Mr. JOHNSON MARK, USA, of Florida group Ltd, with an application to receive your payment on your behalf.

Please as a matter of urgency, you are required to verify the following information and inform us if you are aware or know anything about this. On a Monday, Mr. JOHNSON MARK came to the office claiming that you have instructed him to come and receive the payment on your behalf with some representatives stating that you died of CANCER a few months ago. I have asked them to come back as they did not provide any power of attorney from you which will prove that you truly sent them.

This was to enable me to contact you to verify if you're alive or at least know how genuine these people are to you.

1. Did you instruct one Mr. JOHNSON MARK of USA Florida group Ltd. whose information is below, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf before you passed on?

2. Did you sign any 'Deed of agreement' in his favor thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details:

Account Name: Mr. Johnson Mark Group Ltd,
A/C #USD114-1025567-8,
Bank Name: Standard Chartered Bank, Florida
Swift Code: SCBL 11K111.

Finally, you are hereby advised to indicate to this honorable office with immediate effect, if you are the person that instructed Mr. Johnson Mark to come for the claim of your fund worth of $5,000,000.00(Five Million United States Dollars), to enable us endorse for the final payment approval order in his favor this week.

Note, we can not be able to send the payment with your email address alone; therefore we need your full information to avoid mistake or wrong delivering, such as:

Your Full Name:...........................
Your Home Address:......................
Your Country/ City: .............................
Your Direct Phone Number:.........................
Your Whats-app Phone Number...............
Your ID copy:............................
Attached copy of your Identification.

Anticipating your immediate reply to enable us to close this transaction as soon as possible.

Ms. Teresa Adams
For: United Nations
United State Of America.

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