419 scam: "Hon. E. Fredrick (Chairman)" <customerservice@terrasource.ca> Fund Recovery

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Hon. E. Fredrick (Chairman)" <customerservice@terrasource.ca>
Reply-To: <ogazielellc@aim.com>
Date: Mon, 22 May 2023 06:49:16 -0700
Subject: Fund Recovery

Attn: Beneficiary

The IMF Global Debt Committee, Asian Zone in conjunction with World Bank has received your pending payment, with international payment voucher number (WB-11014-17) amounting to (US$4.2M). Your name was shortlisted among others whose international payment has long been overdue for payment with reference number UN/IMF/WBF 05014/23.

This amount has been scheduled for immediate release via our committees authorized corresponding banks. Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking systems in some countries involved, the Payments are to be supervised by our Monitoring Officials through our corresponding Banks. According to the number of applicants at hand, half of the victims are from the United States, while others are from Asia, Australia, Middle East and Europe. You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to any ongoing communication between you and any individual or bank in connection with your outstanding payment for any reason whatsoever, to avoid conflict with ongoing criminal investigations.

You are advised to reconfirm to this committee the following details to enable us issue irrevocable payment order to our authorized paying bank.

Your Full Name:.........................Your Full Address:......................Your Mobile Telephone #:................Your Age/Sex/Occupation:................

Yours Faithfully
Hon. E. Fredrick (Chairman)

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