419 scam: "Johnny" <johnnycol@rediffmail.com> Respected Partner

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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:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
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.
- johnnncolli@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Johnny" <johnnycol@rediffmail.com>
Reply-To: johnnncolli@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2017 07:52:37 -0000
Subject: Respected Partner

Respected Partner

This is Diplomat Johnny Collins, I have an interesting business i want you
to handle. Please read for understanding and decide if you are interested
to do it.

I worked in India for 6 years as director of United kingdom security
company. Our organization is a company who secure client valuable
belonging such as gold (jewellery), cash, documents, and more. We have
closed our office in India because government declare the place as a
government project because they are constructing underground metro train
station in the spot. our security trunk room is underground where the
construction is going on.

We have distributed all the valuables in our custody to all owners, there
is one very important consignment remaining in the place belonging to Mr.
Ahmed Mansood from Dubai who runs charity organization. He was sick and
came to India (Apollo hospital) for surgery, he took the sum of
8,420,100.00 to India to do charity work. He placed the cash trunk in my
office and promised to come back to collect the cash after his surgery but
unfortunately he died during the surgery. He was one of 2015 United
emirates board of trustee ambassador for welfare.

We have contacted the address he gave us and also contacted the address he
filled in his application form, we could not get any communication from
any of his relative. We investigated that his wife and kids died in bomb
blast. Since then, we have kept the consignment safe. Now the government
is about to demolish the underground area. I decided to contact you to
take the cash and use it for charity work in your country.

I am going to deliver most of our high rank government goods and valuable.
Most of them a old people that have lived abroad and went back to their
country after they retired. Some of them are ambassadors, Diplomats and
business personnel who have work abroad during their days in service. I am
in a ship in the high sea and will only reach land after 51 days. I want
you to take %40 of the cash, you keep %40 for me and take %20 for charity
work.

Note that there is no risk involve, this transaction is 100 percent sure,
clean, legal and 100% real money. If you are interested please reply for
more details and the consignment will be shipped to you but if you are not
interested i am sorry to border you.

Yours in service
Mr. Johnny Collins
johnnncolli@gmail.com

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