419 scam: Interpol Italia <cookitsweetmama@gmail.com> Your Recovered/Compensation Funds

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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:
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Interpol Italia <cookitsweetmama@gmail.com>
Reply-To: italiainterpol45@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 4 Mar 2023 15:48:08 +0100
Subject: Your Recovered/Compensation Funds

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Attention Beneficiary,

We bring to your notice the arrest of some fraudsters here in Italy
who have been defrauding their victims with the intention of giving
them Loan, Fake Lottery Winning, Romance Scam, Investment Proposal,
Funds Transfer, Donation Funds etc. We arrested them with the help of
our Special Intelligence and Investigation Team due to the report we
received from Internet Fraud complainant blogs and different people
from Africa, Europe, Asia, Australia and America. Huge amounts of
funds were recovered from these arrested Internet scammers and the
Italian Government organized a Fund Compensation Program to compensate
victims of these internet fraud. Your Email Address and other 20 Email
Addresses were selected from the list of email addresses provided by
these arrested fraudsters as their victim. â‚¬500,000.00 Euro have been
approved for each of you who happens to be a victim of internet fraud
and the Italian Interpol Cyber-crime Unit has been mandated for the
safe disbursement of these funds to you. Payment method is via Direct
Wire Transfer to you. We expect that you respond to this email
immediately as your funds have been filed for release to you once we
receive your email with the below details.

Full names:
Sex:
Age:
Marital Status:
Telephone Number:
Home Address:
Country:
Occupation:
A copy of your valid Identity card:
Your Bank account details you will use to receive your funds:

We are sorry for what you must have gone through in the hands of these
fraudsters as we are doing our best to arrest and prosecute more of
these scammers. Hope to hear from you soon.
Regards,
Agent Antonio Manuel
Director Financial Crime Unit
Italia Interpol

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