419 scam: herbert leonard <herbert.leonard555@gmail.com> =?utf-8?B?wr9QVUVETyBDT05GSUFSIEVOIFRJIE1JIFFVRVJJREE/4oCP4oCP?=

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: herbert leonard <herbert.leonard555@gmail.com>
Reply-To: herbert leonard <hebert.leonard@hotmail.com>
Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 18:26:54 +0900 (JST)
Subject: =?utf-8?B?wr9QVUVETyBDT05GSUFSIEVOIFRJIE1JIFFVRVJJREE/4oCP4oCP?=

Saludos!

DespuÃ©s de mucha consideraciÃ³n sobre este asunto, he decidido contactar con usted, mi nombre es Herbert Leonard, estoy buscando su consentimiento para presentaros como los familiares a un cliente fallecido de nuestro banco que muriÃ³ a os atrÃ¡s sin ningunos herederos establecidos para que el banco no confiscar su depÃ³sito de (US $ 6.2M) y devolverlo al Gobierno de Benin.

TambiÃ©n tenga en cuenta que el depÃ³sito tiene un beneficiario fallecido abierto y cualquier extranjero puede poner la reclamaciÃ³n sobre el fondo, independientemente de tu tribu, nombres y la religiÃ³n siempre que disponga de la informaciÃ³n secreta sobre la chaqueta de archivo de seguridad del depÃ³sito difunto que voy a presentar a Usted bajo demanda por las autoridades de mi banco.
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SÃ³lo me pongo en contacto con usted como un extranjero, porque estos fondos no pueden ser aprobadas a un banco local aquÃ, pero sÃ³lo pueden ser aprobadas a cualquier cuenta bancaria extranjera debido a que el dinero estÃ¡ en la cuenta DÃ³lar y frente al antiguo propietario de la cuenta difunto Sr. Olmos R. Fernando, es de su regiÃ³n tambiÃ©n. Mi objetivo es la fuente de un individuo honesto y digno de confianza a quien puedo confiar estos fondos y que actuarÃ¡ como fiduciario en espera de mi llegada a su paÃs ya que mi periodo de desconexiÃ³n de servicio estÃ¡ cerca.
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MÃ¡s detalles serÃ¡n dados a usted tan pronto como usted responde en mi correo electrÃ³nico privado
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saludos
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Herbert Leonard.

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