419 scam: "Mrs. Christine Lagarde" <babujisaudah@gmail.com> ATTN: Dear Email Owner,

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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:
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
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.
- europeanentralbank@europe.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Christine Lagarde" <babujisaudah@gmail.com>
Reply-To: europeanentralbank@europe.com
Date: Thu, 23 Mar 2023 06:42:20 -0700
Subject: ATTN: Dear Email Owner,

EUROPEAN CENTRAL BANK (ECN)
60640 FRANKFURT AM MAIN GERMANY.

ATTN: Dear Email Owner,

We hereby officially notify you about the present arrangement to pay
you, your over due Winning Prize/inheritance fund which you could not
complete the process of the release of your transfer pin code through
the Digitized Payment System. and you have spent a lot of money and a
lot of time sending money to different people just to make sure you
receive your fund and after setting it up and doing nothing. We have
decided to pay your funds through (ATM VISA CARD) This arrangement was
initiated/constituted by the European Central Bank, United Nation and
Paris Club, due to fraudulent activities going on within the world.

The European, United Nations and Paris Club introduced this payment
arrangement to enable our Contract ,Winning Prize, inheritance
beneficiary to receive their fund without any interference. The ATM
VISA CARD was contracted and powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE. The ATM
VISA CARD is credited with the sum of â‚¬20.5 Million Euro , it is
already loaded in the Visa Card which you can use to access your fund
in any ATM Stand/location worldwide and remember that the maximum
withdrawal daily limit is Ten Thousand Euro (â‚¬10,000.00)we have
concluded delivery arrangement with the below courier services
companies and their delivery time is stated below.

DHL=4hrs/â‚¬230
FedEx Express=7hrs/â‚¬300
UPS=9hrs/â‚¬250.00

Once it gets to us the package will be delivered to your destination.
Kindly state in your response to this text and let me know which
courier company you would want us to use for the shipment of your ATM
VISA CARD to you and do not forget to drop your WhatsApp number for
fast communication. Kindly contact us at email.. (
europeanentralbank@europe.com ).

Yours sincerely,
Mrs. Christine Lagarde
President of the European Central Bank

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