419 scam: "Mr. Larry Joe"<michealogbojoejoe201@libero.it> Hello Trusted Friend

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Larry Joe" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrlarryjoe@xbmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Jul 2014 23:18:37 +0530
Subject: Hello Trusted Friend

Dear Trusted Friend,

I humbly to seek your assistance in this very important matter that need trust and honest. I am please to get across to you, my name is Mr. Larry Joe, i am a banker by profession in United Kingdom here and formal chief auditing manager before i was change to another department of the bank.

I am writing in the respect of a foreign customer of our bank here in London who died seven year ago. In his file he has a deposit of Forty six million five hundred and twenty one thousand Dollars,without will or next of kin to this fund, and hence no name was mention to the bank during the time of deposit. I am solicited for your help as a foreigner to stand as the beneficiary/next of kin to this funds for immediate transfer of this funds into any nominated account of your choice.

The banking ethics here does not allow such fund to stay more than eight years without claiming it,or it will be transfer into government suspends account as unclaimed funds for their project. I don't want this funds to go into government treasure since i have every details of this funds including deposit slip as a proof.

So am looking forward to hear from you for more details to actualize this deal, feel free to ask me any question this transaction is 100% risk free it will not bring any harm now or in future.

Expecting your urgent reply on .

Best Regard,
Mr. Larry Joe

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