419 scam: <info@uas.org> FUND APPROVAL OF 5,500,000.00 USD

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "account opening" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "fiduciary agent" (real lotteries do not use a "claim agent" / "fiduciary agent")
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "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 dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- vincentnorth693@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: <info@uas.org>
Reply-To: vincentnorth693@gmail.com
Date: 04 Aug 2022 22:26:50 +1200
Subject: FUND APPROVAL OF 5,500,000.00 USD

SunTrust Bank Plc,
Plaza, 303 Peachtree Street Northeast
Atlanta, GA 30308-3201
Email: vincentnorth693@gmail.com
Whatsapp Number +1(404)4366055

YOU ARE HEREBY WARNED TO STOP ANY FURTHER COMMUNICATION WITH ANY
BANK OR
OFFICE REGARDING THIS FUND FOR SAFETY REASONS.OR YOU WILL BE AT
RISK.(Be
Warned)

From the office of General Managing Director ONLINE ACCOUNT
OPENING
Department (MR VINCENT NORTH ) This is to intimate and guide
you, on
the approval of your payment worth over Five Million Five Hundred
Thousand United State Dollars (US$5.500,000.00) which was
approved/released in your name here last week by the FOREIGN
AFFAIRS
department of SUN TRUST BANK.It is therefore our pleasure letting
you
know that we have verified your contract/inheritance payment file
and
discovered that your file was long overdue for payment since
2010, and
the reason you have not received your payment, is because your
file was
dumped by one of our fiduciary agent in-charge of your file.And
till
date, you have not been able to receive your contract/inheritance
payment.

To this end, all your efforts to secure the release of your fund
failed.
We therefore wish to advise that you stop any illegal transaction
with
any person(s) or office(s), regarding your contract/inheritance
funds,
as continuing with them, to claim your contract/inheritance funds
will
further frustrate and stop your payment claim.We have received an
express mandate and instructions from the FEDERAL GOVERNMENT to
commence
the immediate release of your funds through our NEW ONLINE METHOD
OF
TRANSFER which will enable you to transfer your fund to any
destination
account of your choice.

Please reconfirm your information

1. Your full name.
2. Phone number.
3. Your Current Address.
4. Your age
5. Occupation
6. Attach a copy of your id Card for identification.

Regard
Mr Vincent North.
Director Sun Trust Bank
Reply to this Email: vincentnorth693@gmail.com

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