419 scam: "Mrs Sarah Mantu"<stateoffice22@gmail.com> OFFICE OF THE STATE INHERITANCE COMMITTEE

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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 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.
- stateoffice22@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Sarah Mantu" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <stateoffice23@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Sep 2022 13:14:31 +0100
Subject: OFFICE OF THE STATE INHERITANCE COMMITTEE

Attn: Good Friend

OFFICE OF THE STATE INHERITANCE COMMITTEE IN CONJUNCTION WITH STANDARD TRUST BANK GHANA WHICH MUST BE TREATED VERY URGENT.

We received the letter this morning alongside the scan copy of the
police officer in charge of this case that some individuals claim you
are dead that is why you are not writing again and said you have
instructed them to claim your fund and make it via bank to bank direct
to there bank account.

Bank Name: BANK OF AMERICA, Bank Address: 2075 S. Victoria Ave
Ventura, CA 93003, Bank Phone Number: 800 788-7000, Account Name: Mr.
Allen Smith, Type: Checking, ABA # 322271627, Acct #
1951204345,Amount: US$2.5 Million usd

Pls get back to us now, and if we wait for 48hrs as instructed by the
police and do not hear anything from you, we will have no choice than
to forward the payment to them as you have instructed, Meanwhile, We
the State Inheritance Committee in conjunction with the Standard Bank
Ghana is to officially inform you that ATM card number: 3774 2856 7847
9006 worth Two Million Five Hundred Thousand ($2.5 Million USD) has
been
credited in your favor in bid to compensate you on your contract
payment with the Federal Republic of Ghana since you are next on our
payment file for the First part of this fiscal Year 2022 because we
want to complete every past contractors payment between now and the
next 10 working days time. We have instructed the card center to
prepare and send you the ATM CARD which you will use to withdraw your
money in any ATM MACHINE in the world, We await your mail.

(Your personal identification is ATM- 7997. Contact me as the
verification officer Sarah Mantu (Mrs.) on: (Stateoffice22@gmail.com)

Regards
Mrs Sarah Mantu
OFFICE OF THE
STATE INHERITANCE COMMITTEE

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