419 scam: "Mrs. Patricia F. May" <409185067@mail.fju.edu.tw> CLAIM YOUR USD5,000,000.00 COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT TODAY

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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:
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
- "fund beneficiary" (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.
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.
- gf950701@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: "Mrs. Patricia F. May" <gf950701@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 06 Apr 2023 19:23:34 +0800 (CST)
Subject: CLAIM YOUR USD5,000,000.00 COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT TODAY

New Global Settlement/Payment Center,

Dear Fund Beneficiary,

CLAIM YOUR USD5,000,000.00 COMPENSATION FUNDS PAYMENT TODAY.

We are pleased to inform you that we have been working towards the
eradication of fraudsters (scam Artists) in Africa with the help of the
Africa Anti Crime Cyber Security Team, the International Police (Interpol)
and Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI). We have been able to track down
many of this scam artists in various parts of African countries, Asian
countries, European countries and the United States, which includes
(Nigeria, Benin Republic, South Africa, UAE, United Kingdom, Spain, Ghana,
Cameroon and Senegal) and they are all in Government custody now, awaiting
to appear at the International Criminal Court (ICC) Hague (Netherlands)
soon for Criminal/Fraud Justice.

During the course of our investigation, we have been able to recover a huge
amount of money from these scam artists. The United Nations Anti-Crime
Commission and the International Monetary Fund (IMF) have ordered that the
money recovered from the Scammers should be shared among 50 Lucky people
around the World for compensation. This Email/Letter has been directed to
you because your email address and country name were found in one of the
scammer artist's files and computer hard-disk. It is possible that you are
one of his victims, and or you might have not been scammed, nevertheless,
you are still qualified to receive the compensation fund. You are therefore
being compensated with the sum of USD5,000,000.00 (Five Million United
States Dollars). We have scheduled your payment to be paid to you through
bank transfer to your designated bank account. To facilitate release of the
above mentioned funds, you are urged to contact the payment officer, who
has been assigned to handle the transfer of the said fund to your bank
account. We have instructed the payment officer to open a private email
address with a new number to enable us to monitor the payment process.

At this juncture, you are advised to contact the payment officer now via
the contact details below::

Contact person:: James Fogg
Email address:: gf950701@gmail.com

Furthermore, it is also important you provide the information listed on
this email for rectification and authentication of some abnormalities
observed on your payment file.

1. Your Full Name:
2. Your Age:
3. Occupation:
4. Cell/Mobile Number:

Thank you for your understanding and best of luck with your compensation
fund payment.

Have a pleasant day.

Yours in Service.
Mrs. Patricia F. May
Information Officer

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