419 scam: "Mrs. Joan gates."<webmaster@ullens.edu.np> Dear beloved.

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- joangates1707@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: (sent from abused email account)
Reply-To: <joangates1707@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 16 Feb 2021 09:00:33 +0100
Subject: Dear beloved.

Please accept my unreserved apology if this short humanitarian proposition offends your sensitivity. I intend no insult or harm. My name is Mrs. Joan Gates from the United Kingdom, 69 years old. I have a proposition which I am convinced within me that you can handle it. I deposited the sum of $5.5m. (five million and five hundred thousand u.s. dollars) in a bank. I want a person who is trustworthy that I will make the beneficiary of my late husband's fund deposited with the bank so that the person can get the money and utilize 70% of this money to fund churches, orphanages, and widows around the world and keep the remaining 30% for his effort.

I am a Christian and would love to reach out to those in need but I need your help since I am not totally strong to sustain the stress and handle the process of this project hence I am honestly soliciting for your help believing that you will not decline my proposal. I will give you more details as soon as I read from you with the following particulars.

Your full name your contact address, phone number, your age your occupation and also do reply me through this email:joangates1707@gmail.com

respectfully yours,

Mrs. Joan gates.

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