"Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Fake Emails
Scammers are sending out fake Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) emails like the one below, which claim the recipients should respond to an email address in order to receive their restitution. The scammers will ask their potential victims to send them their personal information, and subsequently, ask them to send money in order to receive their restitution. But, the Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) will ask online users to do so.
Online users should always go to www.ic3.gov to verify suspicious emails which appear to have been sent from Internet Crime Complaint Center.
A Fake "Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3) Email Sent by Scammers
From: Stephen Chapman - info@insead.edu
Date: May 15, 2019 at 2:18:45 AM GMT+9:30
Subject: Please read carefully
Reply-To: s.chapman@brclondon.co.uk
Attention;
Please find the attached below to
view the enclosed details about your claims.
Stephen Chapman,
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3).
Financial Monitoring Division -UK
Internet Crime Complaint Center
In Partnership with:
Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI)
National White Collar Crime Center (NW3C)
Notification Ref ID: AU405994000
We regret to inform you that you have been a victim of internet fraud, identity theft/ online dating scam.
See following case details:
The case on world renowned cyber-criminal , Kevin Amuche, 32 and Henrik Bialek, 40, have been tried and closed at the District Court of Basel-Stadt (Strafgericht des Kantons Basel-Stadt) last month after numerous rejected extradition appeals. They were apprehended at the Euro Airport, Basel while fleeing Switzerland federal authorities in an unrelated fraud case. The case was closed based on the following settlement terms; I. Court-ordered recovered from the defendants shall be converted into settlement funds and remitted to eligible affected victims, II. To be paid in full before end of sentence date.
We have thoroughly investigated the case with our Intelligence Monitoring Network System and found that you were one of the numerous victims through email correspondences between you two showing payments made by you, as well as telephone logs. Upon final evaluation of his assets after liquidation, he is said to be worth $28m stolen from approx. 96 victims.
The aforementioned defendants and their group of co-offenders used over 2000 aliases to mask their original identities, which is why you may not be familiar with the names used by this fraudsters.
However, our records indicate that you have been a victim of fraud and/or identity theft because your contact details and personal information were found on several computer devices belonging to the defendants. Following court orders, this makes you eligible for restitution in the amount of £521,911.00 for damages caused by his crimes.
This investigation was kept private and out of public media. Hence, all victims were represented by a professional public defendant including yourself.
To receive your restitution immediately, email me s.chapman@brclondon.co.uk to verify that we have the right person and get you connected with the court appointed law firm who will give you more information and guidance through the entire process. If you already received and/or responded to a notification, or feel you have received this notification in error and haven't been victimized in anyway, kindly disregard. To avoid delays, quote your reference number in all correspondence
Sincerely Yours
Mrs. Stephen Chapman
Internet Crime Complaint Center (IC3)
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