419 scam: "US TREASURY DEPARTMENT" <elizabeth@stoneparkcafe.com> CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP ALERT

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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:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "US TREASURY DEPARTMENT" <elizabeth@stoneparkcafe.com>
Reply-To: ustreasurydepartment0101@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 19 Apr 2022 14:33:31 -0700
Subject: CHANGE OF OWNERSHIP ALERT

Dear Beneficiary,

I'm Eng. Ricky Logan, the Chief Executive Officer of the Minister of Finance. We wish to urgently confirm from you if actually you know one Mrs. Rose Trujilo who claims to be your business associate.

Kindly reconfirm this application put in by Mrs. Rose Trujilo - She submitted the under listed bank account information supposedly sent by you to receive the funds on your behalf.

The bank information she applied with are stated below:

Account Name: Mrs. Rose Trujilo

Bank name: Citi Bank NA

Bank address: #1230 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19107, USA

Account Number: 013439887655

Routing Number: 2771722

Swift Code: CITIUS30

The said Mrs. Rose Trujilo is claiming to this office that you are dead and have Instructed that all relevant documentation regarding your Payment be changed to hers as the beneficiary of the payment short-listed among the foreign beneficiaries entitled to receive their payment.

For your Information, this Government has approved the total amount of Two MILLION, FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND UNITED STATES DOLLARS, in your favor, prior to the Federal Government instructions to offset all outstanding payments to the various legal foreign beneficiaries around the world and your payment file was affected. So, right now We need to confirm from you if it's really true that you are dead as made mentioned by your Associate.

You should note that, if we do not hear from you, we automatically assume that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by Mrs. Rose Trujilo is correct. Hence, you are hereby requested to reply this Email immediately for confirmation, before we proceed with this payment and for us to know the true position of things with you so that we won't make any mistakes in remitting your outstanding payment to the wrong person/account.

We will be waiting to hear from you as soon as you get this email.

Eng. Ricky Logan
US TREASURY DEPARTMENT
United Staes.

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