419 scam: john coley <kakajohn03@yahoo.co.jp> Dear 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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: john coley <kakajohn03@yahoo.co.jp>
Reply-To: john coley <johncoley@outlook.fr>
Date: Wed, 12 Nov 2014 19:02:12 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: Dear Friend,

Dear Friend,

This letter must come to you as a big surprise, please accept my apology for sending you unsolicited mail and please kindly delete this message from your mail box if you are not interested.My name is Mr.John Coley, I am a Benin Republic citizen and a Banker with a reputable bank here in a Bank(C.B.N) I occupy the position of Audit and Accountant manager, it is with good spirit of heart I opened up this great opportunity to you .

A deceased client of my died as the result of a heart-related condition on March 12th 2005 Late Henry Palmer. His heart condition was due to the death of all the members of his family in the tsunami disaster on the 26th December2004 in Sumatra Indonesia .My late Client has a deposit of Twenty Million United State dollars (US$20.Million Dollars) left behind here in our bank, I contacted you so I can present you as my late client next of kin, so the money can be transferred to your account and we will share it together at equal share, 40% for you and 50% for me and the 10% will go for the front expenses.

After that, I shall immediately come over to your country to investment my own share of the money.I will like to inform you that I am the only person aware of this after my investigation because my bank has been expecting his next of kin to come up for the claim of this fund but all in vain . This is the main reason why I want to make use of this opportunity because I donâ€™t want my bank to transfer the money into the bank treasury as unclaimed fund.

I await your prompt response immediately,

Best Regards,
Mr.John Coley,

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