419 scam: JOHN OPARA <mrsjenniferlee5@gmail.com> FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

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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:
- "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)
- ",000,000" (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 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.
- johnopara623@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: JOHN OPARA <mrsjenniferlee5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnopara623@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2018 07:07:17 -0700
Subject: FEDERAL RESERVE BANK

GREETING TO YOU

Contact Email: johnopara623@gmail.com

My name is JOHN OPARA The present branch Manager Of a bank
in London. during my routine check , I discovered an account with a
substantial sum of money in United States dollars $5,000,000 (five
Million Dollars)

I have kept a close monitoring of this account for many years and From
my investigation , I discovered that the Account Owner

is a United States Military Soldier who has passed away and none of
the family knows about this account because she placed

the Account a fixed deposit without a legitimate beneficiary .

As the branch manager of the bank, I cannot directly take out this
money. so i need someone who will come up as the family

member with the correct information concerning the account Owner,
which I shall give you and Your responsibility will be to

receive the fund to your country which is going to be a Bank-to-Bank
transfer and Once you receive the transfer i will come

to your Country for sharing the money with you.

Contact me as soon as you receive this message if you feel we can work
together, so we can go over the details.

Regards

JOHN OPARA

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