419 scam: Steve Joan <agozienne7@gmail.com> RE: YOUR TIMELY RESPONSE

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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.
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.
- offficefilenotticetoday@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Steve Joan <agozienne7@gmail.com>
Reply-To: offficefilenotticetoday@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 25 Nov 2024 06:10:12 -0800
Subject: RE: YOUR TIMELY RESPONSE

Dear Sir,

My name is Mr. Steve Joan, I'm the account supervisor in The Royal
Investment Bank (The RIB Group) and during this last quarter audit of the
year, we discovered an International Bank draft with a face value of
$2,625,000.00 (Two Million, Six Hundred and Twenty-Five Thousand Dollars)
in your name.

This Bank Draft was deposited by World Bank palliative support with the
title "PALLIATIVE" which needs to be liquidated and converted to cash upon
contacting our bank.

As instructed in the payment file, three options were stated:
(1) We can send the bank draft to you and you will liquidate cash in your
country.
(2) We can fund an ATM Card and calibrate it for your withdrawals in your
country.
(3) We can initiate a SWIFT wire transfer and send SWIFT
instrument/instruction to your bank for the release of the total amount to
your account.

On this note, I would like you to reconfirm your Full name and your
address, telephone number, Occupation and a copy of your ID card for
verification and indicate your choice of receiving the fund.

Your are advised to Contact our Foreign Payment Director (Ms. Stella
Moskar) via her private and official email addresses as stated: (
offficefilenotticetoday@gmail.com),

Thanks.
Regards,
Steve Joan
Account Supervisor

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