419 scam: Huston Ali <johnsonbobolo333@gmail.com> Dear friend

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Huston Ali <johnsonbobolo333@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hustonali2999@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 4 Jul 2020 06:08:34 -0700
Subject: Dear friend

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Dear Friend,

I am Mr Huston Ali, I work at a bank here in Burkina Faso as the
manager in the audit department. During our last banking audits, I
discovered an abandoned account belong to one of our deceased customer
late Mr. Samak Thienthong from Thailand.

Meanwhile, before I contacted you, I have done personal investigation
in locating any of his relatives who know about the deceased but all
came out unsuccessful. Now I need your help as a foreigner to claim
the abandoned fund sum of $15 million U.S dollars. This money belonged
to Mr. Samak Thienthong from Thailand who died 26 December 2004 in
Indian Ocean earthquake and tsunami while on vacation with his family.

After I found your information from a business contact when I was
searching for a honest partner I decided to contact you to act as his
relative so that you will claim the fund as his next of Kin. However,
i will give you full details on how the fund transfer will be executed
and also note that you will have 40% of the above mentioned while 60%
for me, if you are interested to handle this business kindly fill out
below information and send it back to me for more details.

Your full name,
Your country.
Your age.
Your occupation.
Your Phone number.
Your address.
Your sexual.
A copy of your passport or ID card.

I am expecting to read from you soon.

Best Regards
Mr Huston Ali,

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