419 scam: Mirabel Johnson <dubaicustomsoffice.1@gmail.com> Hello

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "abidjan" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Mirabel Johnson <dubaicustomsoffice.1@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mirabeljohnson@gmx.fr
Date: Tue, 20 Oct 2020 09:29:26 +0000
Subject: Hello

Hello My Dear,

My Greetings and compliments.

With due respect, you may be surprised to receive this letter from me
since you do not know me personally.

I am MRS. Mirabel Johnson, a bank Manager in European Investment Bank
(E I B), Abidjan Cote d'Ivoire.

I write to you irrespective of the fact that you do not know me, but I
am contacting you concerning a business proposal, I will like to
discuss with you. I discovered over $8.500,000.00, United State
Dollars, which belong to a foreign contractor who died here in Cote
d'Ivoire in 2013 at hospital. Ever since he died the bank has been
expecting any next of kin to come and claim his funds, however the
bank cannot release the money unless someone applies for it as the
next of kin as indicated in our banking guide line. Unfortunately he
has no family member who are ware of the existence of the money.

I will like you to assist me in getting this fund from my bank as the
next of kin of the contractor. I will flourish with the informationâ€™s
you will need to get the funds out. I do not want this money to go
into the bank treasury as unclaimed bill.The banking guideline
stipulates that if such money remains unclaimed for a period of up to
Ten years (10 years) the money will be transferred into the bank
treasury as unclaimed funds.

I want you to provide account, so that I will transfer the money into
your Country for us to share the money after the transfer. I agreed to
offer you 35% of the total money, if you provide the account. 60% will
be for me. While 5% will be set in case of any expenses during the
transfer.

Yours sincerely,
Mrs.Mirabel Johnson

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