419 scam: WELL FARGO <wbank663@gmail.com> I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPOND

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

Fraud email example:

From: WELL FARGO <wbank663@gmail.com>
Reply-To: wellsfargobank865@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 09:42:46 -0700
Subject: I AWAIT YOUR URGENT RESPOND

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WELLS FARGO BANK

Address: 333 IL-83,
Elmhurst, IL 60126,
United States

Greetings from the WELLS FARGO BANK. I have vital information which
needs to be attended immediately. Did you authorize anyone to pick up your
inheritance fund from our branch in Address: 333 IL-83, Elmhurst, IL
60126,United States, Chicago? One Mr Robin Cole came to our office in ,
Chicago-in respect of your 8.200,000 million USD which has been credited
with us for the past 1 years now by the Federal Government to be
transferred into your account. He said that you authorized him to pick up
the fund. And we have been waiting for you to contact us but we didn't know
what is hindering you from reaching us since. So we decided to write to you
to make sure that you are fine and aware of the inheritance fund of
$8.2Million dollars in our branch office in Address: 333 IL-83, Elmhurst,
IL 60126,United States, Chicago Which Mr Robin Cole want us to transfer to
his Bank of America Account so your Urgent response is needed before we
proceed with this transfer to Mr Robin Cole account We want you to get back
to us with immediate effect Because this fund has been fully verified and
every other certificate needed to carry out this transfer successfully is
intact here in our bank except the online transfer approval certificate
which will cost $75 USD only to secure it from the USA treasury office so i
want you to purchase apple gift card or steam wallet gift card and send it
to me immediately if you are still interested to receive your fund so that
we can transfer your fund within the next few hours

FULL NAME:==========MOBILE NUMBER:=======BANK DETAILS ======
Congratulations
Yours in Service,
MR. Charles W. Scharf
CHASE BANK CEO

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