419 scam: Capital One Bank <mck86774@gmail.com> Capital One Bank

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Capital One Bank <mck86774@gmail.com>
Reply-To: filoffice32@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 1 Jul 2022 08:03:08 +0100
Subject: Capital One Bank

We, the Capital One Bank, have received a mandated instruction letter
from the Federal Reserve Bank New York to release your inheritance
fund worth $ 10.5m USD to you. And we are willing and ready to release
the amount to you as advised by the above stated finance firm. But due
to the issues or problems facing global inheritance wire transfers in
demanding different kinds of documents by numerous impostors and
impersonators before the successful completion of your transaction, we
have decided to release your funds through the fastest way of Online
or telephone banking system. And it has been approved by the U.S
government authority under the supervision of the FBI, CIA and
Interpol which has been endorsed by these mentioned authorities, been
for the immediate release of your fund within few working days as soon
as you meet up with compliance as follows:- Full Name, Home Address
Occupation, Direct/ Cell number. Attached DL or Int'l Passport.

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