419 scam: FUND TRANSFER <fundtransfer725@gmail.com> RE:INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH $35M DOLLAR

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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:
- "million 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)
- "you are advice to " (this email uses bad English)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- fundstransferdpt012@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: FUND TRANSFER <fundtransfer725@gmail.com>
Reply-To: fundtransfer28@citromail.hu
Date: Fri, 20 Jan 2023 15:19:13 +0100
Subject: RE:INSTRUCTION TO CREDIT YOUR ACCOUNT WITH $35M DOLLAR

HSBC Bank FOREIGN REMITTANCE DEPARTMENT
ADDRESS 452 5th Ave,New York,NY 10018,USA
20-01-2023 JANUARY
TEL: +1 (213) 302-4302

Attention :

We Are Acting on our capacity as the HSBC Bank Foreign Remittance Department,
Your inheritance fund has been Approved by the United State Government in
conjunction with the United compensation commission, due to the past
transaction with some Africa, America, Europe, Asia and Oceanic
(Australian & New Zealand)
which valued Thirty Fve Million United States Dollars (US35 Million),

This is to officially notify you that your overdue compensation /inheritance
fund has been approved to be release to you via foreign remittance department
of our Bank,This is to inform you that After numerous meeting and deliberation
with executives board of directors,and management decide to know if you
instructed Mrs.Cynthia Edward to claim your fund,Mrs. Cynthia Edward came to my
office to let us know that you are dead,

(i) Did you authorize Mrs. Cynthia Edward to come for your claims?
(ii) Are you truly Dead OR Alive?

If(NO) you are hereby advice you as a matter of urgency to reconfirm the
details of this message within 48hours, hence your funds shall be wired into
her account without any more delay, please, do confirm to this bank as a matter
of urgency if this woman is from You so that our bank will not be held
responsible for wrongful payment or unlawful divert ion of your overdue fund
into a wrong account.Which she claims to be your business partner, so if you
are one that instructed her bank needs your attention on this issue to enable
us release your Thirty Fve Million United States Dollars (US35 Million),to her
without delay.

Meanwhile, you are advice to contact this bank immediately reconfirming to us
the following details for us to cross check and process your payment,

( 1 ) YOUR FULL NAME ...........
( 2 ) CONTACT ADDRESS.............
( 3 ) YOUR CELL PHONE NUMBER...........
( 4 ) OCCUPATION..............
( 5 ) DATE OF BIRTH..........
( 6 ) STATE AND COUNTRY........
( 7 ) OCCUPATION/ POSITION HELD:
( 8 ) COMPANY NAME:

It is important that you email me back so that I will table this issue in the
bank that you have replied to claim your fund. call me
immediately you receiver this mail TEL: +1(213) 302-4302 or email(
fundstransferdpt012@gmail.com )

TREAT AS URGENT.Get back to us as soon as possible.

Yours faithfully
MR Georges Elhedery.
Direct TEL: +1(213) 302-4302
HSBC.BANK USA

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