419 scam: Egobu Mpa Smasher <"www."@fine.ocn.ne.jp> Hello Dear

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22999729681 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- egobumpa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Egobu Mpa Smasher <"www."@fine.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Egobu Mpa Smasher <egobumpa@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 7 Jun 2017 07:08:54 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Hello Dear

am egobu mpa by name.. am a handsome looking guy. in search of a good loving woman. that will be faithfull. honest, caring, and loving to me.

am single and searching for a caring woman, who will be honest and faithfull to me and i promise to be faithful and honest to her as well, have never married before

but seeking for a real and long lasting relationship that will lead to marriage.

i love playing and staying with my woman, i work as a computer engineer, dont have any kid as of now. but would love to have kids.

my age is 28 years old. so any faithfull lady that is looking for a partner should message me or send mails to me.. lets get to know each other more.. below are my

social media accounts.

facebook ID: Egobu Mpa Smasher
Whatsapp Digits: +22999729681
Gmail ID: Egobumpa@gmail.com

I will want you to please tell me more about yourself before we go on with this conversation,i am a guy that need to get to know more about the opposite side before

moving on.so i will be very happy to know more about you if you can asnwer all my questions with all honesty of heart...
what is your name ?
How old are you ?
what do you do for fun?
what do you do for a living ?
what your marital status?
Tell me about your past relationship if married before ?
How long did your last relationship last?
Do you have kids ?
Will you like to have more kids if you finally get a man of your dream?
What is your best colour?
what is your best food? want to know if you are a vegtarian of junk foods?
Do you live alone or stay with friends?
Do you smoke?
Do you drink?
what are the qualities that you like in a man if a man is what you really need in your life?
Do what want long time of life relationship?
Do you want just someone to be with for the main time and nothing serious for now?
I will be waiting for your reply as soon as you can take good care of yourself.

Thanks

yours faithful
Egobu Mpa Smasher

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