419 scam: "Mr Matthey Johnson"<info@cqgoogol.com> Hello Good Day,

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
- "matthey.johnson2@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Matthey Johnson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <matthey.johnson2@yandex.com>
Date: Tue, 2 May 2017 20:14:07 -0700
Subject: Hello Good Day,

Hello

I humble read a conformable message from Commercial Bank Directives, to the amount of ($2.5musd) Two Million Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars only in your favor, a confirmation message came yesterday to fasten up this transaction process to enable us process and issue your Foreign Exchange Allocation Approvals which will enhance our paying bank to grant the remittance into your account.

But we are surprise this morning when we are about to process your payment with Santander Bank United Kingdom, we received another email from Ms Diane L. Mcallister who claim to be your representative and forward to us the following account information for us to transfer the fund into her account.

The account which she forwarded to us are as follows.

Bank Name: HSBC

Address: 1 Queen's Road Central, Hong Kong

AC Name: Acute Limited

AC No: 023143274838

SWIFT: HSBCHKHHHKH

Do reconfirm to us as a matter of urgency if this lady is from you and has your authority to receive your fund, if not then kindly reconfirm back us with your banking details as soon as possible for all verification purpose, include copy of your passport and direct cell phone number,

However, we shall proceed to issue all payment details to the said Ms.Diane L. Mcallister, if we did not hear from you within the next 72 hours.

Looking forward to be hearing from you Urgent.,

Mr Matthey Johnson

(Account Department)

United Kingdm

Email:matthey.johnson2@yandex.com

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