419 scam: "Mr.Joseph Ilams" <"okazaki."@spice.ocn.ne.jp> Attention 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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "00,000.00" (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 next of kin scam.
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.
- rockamanroll@onet.pl (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Joseph Ilams" <"okazaki."@spice.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr.Joseph Ilams" <goodieman123@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2017 22:40:05 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Attention Dear ,

Attention Dear ,

More information will be disclosed to you upon your confirmation of this message for security reasons to avoid Copyright Violations.
This is to notify you that your inheritance funds USD2.8 Million Dollars (USD2,800,000.00) which was deposited in the bank by Late Mr. Andreas a nationality of your country.

The fund have been approved by the senate committee on foreign remittance to be released via key telex transfer (ktt)-direct wire transfer following the mandate given by the CENTRAL BANK OF BENIN that all outstanding and overdue payments/fund beneficiaries should be offset by this month.
Meanwhile a man came to the bank few days ago with a letter, claiming to be your true representative. Here is his information:

Account Name: Harry Tendean,
A/C #: IDR 008 607643 2,
Bank Name: Bank Central Asia (BCA) Bandung
City â€“ IndonesiaSwift Code: CENAIDJA.

Please you are hereby advised to indicate to this honorable office with immediate effect, if you have instructed Mr. Harry Tendean to receive the payment on your behalf so that the federal government will not be held responsible for paying into the wrong account name.

The reserve bank board of directors and the senate committee for foreign overdue inheritance fund have approved and accredited the bank to handle and transfer all foreign inheritance funds this year.

However, we shall proceed to issue all payments details to the said Mr. Harry Tendean if we do not hear from you within the next seven working days from today. This measure is to avoid unnecessary mix-up and subsequent legal action against us.

Finally, if you know you did not mandate him or have any thing to do with him get back to me via this my email so i can tell you the next thing to do fast . Here is my personal email i.d (rockamanroll@onet.pl)

Yours Faithfully ,

Mr. Joseph Ilams .

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