419 scam: "Mr. John Danforth " <"WWW."@lime.ocn.ne.jp> This is from United State Ambassador Mr. John Danforth:

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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: "Mr. John Danforth " <"WWW."@lime.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: "Mr. John Danforth " <john.d77766@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 21 Sep 2017 23:58:48 +0900 (JST)
Subject: This is from United State Ambassador Mr. John Danforth:

This is from United State Ambassador Mr. John Danforth:

Hello dear this is to inform you that your fund was brought to my desk this morning by Mr. Jeffrey Williams the delivery agent from World Bank Benin republic he said that he will divert your package to the government treasury account just because you failed to respond to his E-mail due to the (fund ownership certificate and anti money-laundering certificate) required to be paid to enable him deliver your package to you, he said that you refused to pay the fee maybe due to the people opinion to you,

But I told him to wait until I hear from you today so that I will know the reason why you rejected such amount of money $2.8m USD which is your inheritance fund which I have well verified and you wanted to rejected it just because of $107.00 USD, I need your urgent response as soon as you receive my text and explain to me the reason why you should abandon your fund or if you don't need it then we can change your name to another person so that the corrupt government officials of Benin Rep will not claim this money for their selfish interest,

How ever if you are still interested in this fund then you get back to me and get ready to follow they instruction to enable you get your package quickly, I will be waiting to hear from you thanks,

Best regard
Mr. John Danforth
United State Ambassador

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