419 scam: "FRANK COLEMAN"<frankcoleman00000@gmail.com> PLEASE KINDLY RECEIVE THIS FUND

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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.
- frankcoleman3334@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "FRANK COLEMAN" (may be fake)
Reply-To: < frankcoleman3334@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 11 Dec 2018 05:43:17 +0100
Subject: PLEASE KINDLY RECEIVE THIS FUND

Dear greetings to you.

Please kindly receive this message with Due RESPECT.
I am soliciting for your assistance to save my life
that isin danger because of money,($5.6 millions) and
25 Kilo Gram Gold Bar and I inherited from my late
father. I am Little boy from Serre Lone,I am
presently at the Benin Republic Refugee Camp now for
my safety. My late father was a Gold and Diamond
exporter when he was alive.He was poisoned to death
by my step mother, he died last jUNE 18th, 2018. Since
after the painful death of my late father, my step-mother
was desperately after my life because of this money
Late Father Kept in a storage company in your country international airport.

Please I want you to be my Guardian. I need your
maximum assistance to Receive the fund and gold bar
in your Door Step and to help me to invest the money
into business investment you can manage on my behalf
while I continued my studies in any best school.
I will like to offer you 30% of this money for your
kind assistance and you will help me to invest and
manage the remaining 70% into any secured investment
you can approve. I want you to receive me and help
me as your own Son and as your family member to
protect my right and my interest with fear of God
as I want to entrust you with all my heart to support
me to archive a better future under your guardian .
i have the necessary document covering the fund,I
will give you more details as soon as I receive
your reply to Email: frankcoleman3334@gmail.com

Best Regards,
Frank Coleman
Pls reply to Email: frankcoleman3334@gmail.com

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