419 scam: Mr.John Rattan <wendyarandas@sheldonisd.com> [EXTERNAL EMAIL

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Mr.John Rattan <wendyarandas@sheldonisd.com>
Reply-To: <johnratttan@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 3 Nov 2022 08:55:14 -0700
Subject: [EXTERNAL EMAIL - USE CAUTION] Greetings To You,

CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. DO NOT click links, provide credentials or open attachments unless you validate the sender and know the content is safe.

Greetings To You,

As an accredited financial consultant to the Weatherbys Private Bank UK I have been given a privileged information by the Mr.Andrew Millar,Senior Private Banking Executive,Weatherbys Private Bank UK.That information is that one of their bank customers who is currently bedridden wants to give out her wealth to a lucky recipient who must use half of such donation for charity.

The amount of inheritance will be US$5.5Million.The bank has informed me that any of the recipients will have to take care of the legal process by way of paying me to coordinate the release of the US$5.5Million to the lucky beneficiary. I am contacting you to find out if you can pay my US$5,500 consultation/legal fees.If you can handle it then there is a need for Mr.Andrew Millar,Senior Private Banking Executive,Weatherbys Private Bank UK to contact you immediately for commencement of the process of releasing the inheritance funds to you.

For the bank to contact you,urgently provide your Full names and address including your occupation and age with an ID.Finally,note that all processes will be very transparent and legal as you will see in all the documents.This has absolutely nothing to do with internet scam so With due respect to you,please do not respond to this message if you feel you can not handle the processing of this free will donation.

In addition,please do not promise me a percentage or ask me to work on commission.I will not accept it because I need such fee to be used in procuring,updating and swearing big volume of documents both at the bank and courts hence if you can not handle it,you are free to respectfully decline this offer.

Best regards,

Mr.John Rattan.

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