419 scam: "Mr. John Marthins" <ccasals@vtr.net> Urgent Reply

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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22961860409 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- binyang43@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. John Marthins" <ccasals@vtr.net>
Reply-To: <binyang43@hotmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2019 00:30:23 -0700
Subject: Urgent Reply

Good day my Dear:

Your check has been deposited in the Bank of Africa under the care of ( Mr. Henry Chidike ) as we discussed.. Please mail him immediately to send the check to you. I am in Colombia now. I deposited $3.5 Million USD cashier check for now and will send you the rest of money after my business trip here.I apologize for late response, my computer was affected by virus, and it took me two days to reformat it and retrieve your contact information.

So mail (Mr. Chidike) with below email for him to send the check to you:
here is his email:(binyang43@hotmail.com)

or call him at: +229-61860409)

Kindly re-confirm to him your personal information per as follow:

Your full name..............
Your house address ...............
Your direct phone number ...................
Your occupation ....................
Your country's name ................
Your age ...................

Thanks and do let me know when you receive it.. Please, you may request for check remittance and wire transfer of this funds in your account if you wish, the Bank says, such is possible as well instead of getting it mailed.

Best regards.
Mr. John Marthins

Bros, i tried ti open an alternative gmail as i told you, but my network is very bad, so you can ask someone to help you open it so that you can replace it in the above alternative in bracket in above format.

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