419 scam: "Mr. Edward R. Raab"<WWW.@isis.ocn.ne.jp> GOOD NEWS!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "processing fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Edward R. Raab" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mredwardraab@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Feb 2018 21:14:02 -0800
Subject: GOOD NEWS!

Good day,

I am Mr. Edward R. Raab,the new payment processing director with the International Monetary Fund (I.M.F.)I came across your file which was marked X and your released disk painted Red. I took time to study your files and i found out that your payment was placed on hold since 03/04/2013 due to the high cost of processing your legal paper works needed to facilitate the release of your US$950,000 pending payment.

After our board meeting on Monday 19/02/2018 with the managements,i was able to convince the managements and board to grant a waiver in your favor and to this regards, you are no more requested to pay the sum of $7,500 legal processing fee,but $75 only for the immediate processing and release of your US$950,000 pending payment this first quarters of 2018.

Kindly re-confirm your complete bank account details, names, address, phone numbers, address and a valid ID of your self in order to update your details on our payment database. I urge you to reconfirm the above details and also request for the instructions to send the $75 waiver fee upon receipt of this e-mail.

Waiting for your swift response.

Signed

Mr. Edward R. Raab

International Monetary Fund

Payment processing director.

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