The "United State Treasury" Advance Fee Scam
The fake "United State Treasury" email below is an advance-fee scam. This scam is a form of fraud and one of the most common types of confidence trick. The scam typically involves promising the victim a significant share of a large sum of money, in return for a small up-front payment, which the fraudster requires in order to obtain the large sum.
The "United State Treasury" Scam
From: "Mrs. Jovita Carranza" - giova1982@tin.it
Date: November 26, 2019 at 12:41:18 AM MST
Subject: Attention: Fund Beneficiary
Reply-To: customerservice3@aol.com
Attention: Fund Beneficiary,
I am Mrs. Jovita Carranza, The United State Treasury, am emailing you regarding your abandoned fund worth of ($10.8 Million)USD with Wells Fargo Bank,The United State Government has ordered that every Money owed to any individual should be released to them both fund from Lottery Awards and Inheritance Funds, be it Compensation funds or Money
Owe to individual from Empowerment Program run by United State Government or from IMF, IRS and United Nation all are being settled and that is why we have been mandated to monitor the transfer and make sure everything is done as instructed by United State Government. After our investigations we have discovered that your unpaid fund worth $10.800, 000.00 USD owed to you has been deposited in the WELLS FARGO BANK USA and has not been released, but United State Government has ordered the WELLS FARGO BANK to release your fund with immediate affect. The WELLS FARGO BANK has been ordered to open an online account in your name and make a deposit of your fund $10,800,000.00 USD before the end of next week, the online account will be opened in your name and the account login will be made available to you to enable you confirm your fund and start transferring your fund to your private Bank account anyway in the world.
Therefore you will be required to pay the sum of $330 USD to the Bank for (Fund Legality Certificate and Transfer Permit Certificate) the certificate will enable the Bank to open an online account and transfer your fund $10,800,000.00 USD into your account and every information both the login and user name to the account will be release to you before three (3) hours of sending the account opening fee to enable you begin the transfer of your fund to
your private account anywhere in the world. You are not required to pay any other fee after you have pay them the $330 for the account opening fee to enable them obtain (Fund Legality Certificate and Bulk Money Transfer Permit Certificate) the certificate will enable them open an online account to enable them transfer your fund into your account and make sure you contact the bank immediately with your information.
Below is the Bank contact detail writes them to their email:
Bank Name: Wells Fargo Bank.
Email: customerservice3@aol.com
Contact Person: Dr.James Copeland.
Kindly write the Bank now to transfer your fund $10,800,000.00 into your online account which they have been instructed to open and deposit your fund and them release the account information to you to enable you start transferring your funds immediately to your private Bank account.
Best Regards.
Mrs. Jovita Carranza.
United State Treasury
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