419 scam: "From Mr. Mensa Dossu" <edawrdparrish@gmail.com> Re Attention, Your ATM CARD is ready

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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 message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- edwradaza@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "From Mr. Mensa Dossu" <edawrdparrish@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2020 23:27:19 -0800
Subject: Re Attention, Your ATM CARD is ready

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Hello
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay
though I tried my best to involve you in the business but nature
decided the whole situations. Presently I am in Paraguay for my
investment projects with my own share of the total

Meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that it failed us somehow, and
this is why I left behind for you an ATM VISA CARD. worth sum.$1.
Million Now contact the Reverend, His name: is Reverend Edward Aza on
his Email: ( edwradaza@gmail.com )

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can share
the joy together after all the sufferings at that time. In the moment,
I am very busy here because of my investment projects which I and my
new partner are having at hand, finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to the Reverend on your behalf to send it to you, so feel
free to get in touch with Reverend Edward Aza and he will send your
ATM VISA CARD worth sun of $1 million usd to you without any delay.

Yours sincere
Mensa Dossu

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