419 scam: " Anderson ." <crimenlinea@crimpr.net> are you dead or still alive

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: " Anderson ." <crimenlinea@crimpr.net>
Reply-To: <ic0137848@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Apr 2020 13:33:11 +0100
Subject: are you dead or still alive

Please are you dead or still alive Two people came to my office today claiming to be your representatives there names are Mr. Efendy Violin and Ms.Ola Combings claiming that you die with corona virous incidents that hit the world for the past months and your funds what of USD 10.5million should be paid to her as the next of kin to you. we decided to contact you for confirmation. If after two(2) working days, no response is received from you, it will be assumed that you are dead and as such, authorization and approval will be granted on behalf of to claim/receive your fund. with a confirmation urgent.

John Obisheh

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