419 scam: "MR BENJAMIN JOHNSON"<abdulaatif@mba.ocn.ne.jp> Attn: The Beneficiary ,

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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:
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR BENJAMIN JOHNSON" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <mrbenjaminjohnson804@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2018 01:44:17 +0200
Subject: Attn: The Beneficiary ,

Attn: The Beneficiary ,

My name is Benjamin Johnson from International Motoring Fund (IMF) United Kingdom .I considered it necessary to draw your attention to a demand by someone posing to have come from you. As I need to verify if you have informed any of your family member or representative to change your bank account information to receive your Inheritance OR contract fund worth Ten Million Five Hundred Thousand Dollars (U$10.5 MILLION) on your behalf, which is my basic reason to contact you because we received another bank account details from one Mr Mohamed Manik whose message contents said that you have an accident since Six months Ago and that he is not sure of your survival which made you nominate him to follow up the claims of your Fund.

The given account details are:-

Bank Name: Bank of Maldives / Bazaru Branch.
Bank Address: Boduthakurufaanu magu, Male’, Maldives.
Account Number: 7704 270255 002
Routing Number: SWIFT CODE MALBMVMV
Beneficiary's Name: Mohamed Manik
Account Title: R F Pvt. Ltd.

So, if truly you are alive and have not appointed any body to claim
these fund on your behalf do, contact me immediately through my email for
further details .,,,,,,,

Your urgent response is awaited.

Yours Faithfully,

MR BENJAMIN JOHNSON

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