419 scam: James Coulibaly <dcassidy203@gmail.com> May Almighty God Bless You!!!

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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.
- jc9040673@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: James Coulibaly <dcassidy203@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jc9040673@yahoo.com
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2018 11:23:19 +0000
Subject: May Almighty God Bless You!!!

May Almighty God Bless You!!!

How are you doing?

Please I beg for your pardon, if this email came to you as a surprise.
I am Dr. James Coulibaly from republic of Togo in West Africa; I'm
contacting you to know if you can champion a financial transaction
that can be beneficial to you, as I am looking for a company or an
individual from your region to help me receive an investment fund
valued of $7,400,036.00 and safekeeping. I only have two questions, if
you are interested.
1. Can you handle this project?
2. Can I give you this trust?

Please note that the deal requires high level of maturity, honesty and
secrecy, as this involve moving the money $7,400,036.00 from my
office, on trust to your hands/bank account. Also note that we will do
everything to make sure that the money is moved as a purely legitimate
contract payment you executed to our ministry and you will not be
exposed to any risk as the fund will be paid to you as a payment of a
contract you executed to our ministry. This DEAL was deliberately
hatched out and carefully protected with all the attendant lope holes
sealed, as I am the director of Contract Review and payment department
of the ministry and my office also monitors and controls the affairs
of all contracts award, review and payments.

I request for your full co-operation. I will give you details and
procedure when I receive your positive response. To commence this
transaction, I require you to immediately indicate your interest in
your reply so please I will be waiting for your positive response.

Note I want you to reply me at jc9040673@yahoo.com

Best Regards,
Dr. James Coulibaly.

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