419 scam: kevin kofo <haszafar1@gmail.com> CONTACT:MRS VICTORIA ANDERSON.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "inland revenue" (Tax offices mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. Even after you pay their fake tax demands you will still not receive the non-existent funds you have been promised. )
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.
- mrs.victoriaanderson@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kevin kofo <haszafar1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kevinkofo1@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 12 Aug 2014 05:55:10 -0700
Subject: CONTACT:MRS VICTORIA ANDERSON.

CONTACT BRITISH FUND MONITORING UNIT LONDON UK FOR YOUR PAYMENT

We have noted your long delayed fund payment transaction and
documentation in regards to your fund release. We have officially
studied your payment information with due confirmation making you the
appointed next of kin and legal beneficiary of the fund payment, this
will enable you free access to recover your fund.However, considering
the misappropriation and misapplication of fund payment file/documents
by some criminally minded African payment officials with bad intention
to divert the fund payment into their private foreign account, which
has resulted to your prolonged delays,great hardship and suffering
with resultant effect of lost caused by numerous extortion and
misdirection of your fund payment by some those so-called African
payment officials. In view of this development, the British Fund
Monitoring Unit London United Kingdom as European Union international
monitoring agent and supervisory body has mandated us to hand off on
all transaction/payment to short listed innocent foreign beneficiaries
who has suffered one lost or the other in the hand of some so-called
African payment officials. You are hereby advised and directed to
contact Mrs.Victoria Anderson who is the director of foreign payment
and also the appointed account officer with British Fund Monitoring
Unit London United Kingdom for proper documentation and subsequent
release of your long delayed fund payment without further delay. For
easy, speed and urgent release of your long overdue fund payment,we
advise you deal directly with British Fund Monitoring Unit London
United kingdom, because we have handed over your payment file to them
for proper documentation, processing and subsequent release of your
fund to you as the rightful and legal beneficiary.

CONTACT:MRS VICTORIA ANDERSON.
British Fund Monitory Unit
British Inland Revenue Commission 286 Euston Road,
London NW1 3UH
Email mrs.victoriaanderson@gmail.com

We wish you good luck and smooth recovery of your fund payment without
further delay.

Thanks and God Bless

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