419 scam: "Isbell Harry"<Isbell@giga.ocn.ne.jp> Re,Kind Attn,

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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 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.
- charlesspragueusa@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Isbell Harry" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <charlesspragueusa@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 30 Jan 2018 06:04:49 -0800
Subject: Re,Kind Attn,

Attention: Honorable Beneficiary,

The International Monetary Funds, IMF has authorized my
Office to settle all the Foreign Debts owed by the Benin
Republic Government.The IMF Foreign Policy and Currency
Regulation offered loan of $23 billion to
Benin Republic Government to pay all her foreign debts.The
sum of two billion United States Dollars $2Billion was
mapped for the Foreign Debts and your name was
among those Beneficiaries selected.

It is important to note that any monies you might had spent
in the course of getting this money in the past must be
included as no money would been lost.
In line, to the above statement,you are directed to state
clearly the total amount you
had spent before and forward it to my Office immediately.
Your payment this time must be immediate and under 72 Hours
the $15M approved on you must get to your possession.
You are requested to reply with your full information such
as:

Your Names
Your Address
Your Phone
Your personal ID

Contact Charles Sprague, email;charlesspragueusa@gmail.com

or
call him on
his cell +2349085192344.He is in possession of your payment
file and once you contact him with the above required
details,he must pay you within the time limit of 72 Hours.

Yours,
Isbell Harry
IMF Director
Africa Zone

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