419 scam: William C. Dudley <contract@avanat.in> URGENT

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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.
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.
- vivakdolpy@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: William C. Dudley <contract@avanat.in>
Reply-To: vivian.moncheribridals@gmail.com
Date: 07 Apr 2022 09:00:31 -0700
Subject: URGENT

Sir/Ma,

As a result of numerous petitions and complaints registered against various Governments especially in Africa Europe and America over the non-payment of outstanding debts which includes Contracts, Inheritance,lottery and other related payment and acting on our capacity as a prime counterpart for Central Banks in their financial transactions and serving as an agent or trustee in connection with international financial operations and in collaboration with IMF and World Bank approvals have been given for immediate payments of these debts.

On this note therefore a reputable financial institution in Europe and USA has been nominated to handle the fund release and payment through a unique Financial Engineering System payment procedure. It is worthy of note that the advantage of this tested and proven Innovative Financial Mode of Payment is the removal of many up-front charges and payments for government documentations. We also have nominated a financial Consultant whose name and email address is stated below to coordinate the process:

Mr. Victor Vivak
Email contact: vivakdolpy@gmail.com

As a matter of urgency you should contact the above stated Consultant with your detailed information about your due fund, contact detail and banking information for immediate payment processing.

I anticipate your prompt reaction for the completion of your fund payment.

Yours faithfully,

William C. Dudley
Committee on the Global Financial System
Bank for International Settlements (BIS)

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