419 scam: " J T " <6756748@gmail.com> How are you Doing/Reply me

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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 next of kin 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.
- 83047202dd@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: " J T " <6756748@gmail.com>
Reply-To: onlineoffic66@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 22 Jan 2021 16:22:17 -0800
Subject: How are you Doing/Reply me

Hello Email User, Compliments of the season, i hope you are in good health.=
I am a banker with a financial institution here in China and I am writing t=
o you for an opportunity that will benefit us both immensely. I have discov=
ered an unclaimed inheritance fund of Five Million Five Hundred Thousand Un=
ited States Dollars Only and I wish to lay down your name as the next of ki=
n to the amount in question due to the death of the depositor who died year=
s ago along with her family. However, i assure you that will be executed un=
der a legitimate arrangement that will protect you from any breach of the l=
aw both in your country and here in china once the fund is transferred to y=
our bank account.The funds i am referring to is right here in this bank flo=
ating in a suspense account, therefore i solicit for your cooperation to be=
in collaboration with me to have this done. If you are interested in this =
transaction, I will need you to provide the following information urgently =
to enable the attorney to start the processing of all the relevant legal do=
cuments for the money remittance. All i want you to do for me now is to giv=
e me your Name:, Address:, Tel :, Age:, Sex :, Occupation: so that i can gi=
ve you more details. Send email to : 83047202dd@gmail.com I urgently hope t=
o get your response as soon as possible Yours Sincerely, From:Treasury Dept=
. Ecitic Bank of China.

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