419 scam: "Mr. Peter Johnson" <fbrown2045@gmail.com> Hello Dear

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
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.
- pj393050@mail.ru (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Peter Johnson" <fbrown2045@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pj393050@mail.ru
Date: Sun, 21 Mar 2021 14:56:28 -0700
Subject: Hello Dear

Hello Dear

I write only to seek your assistance, My name is Mr. Peter Johnson, I am
the Fund Manager, with Fidelity International Investments, one of the
worlds largest investment companies. In the UK, I wish to state that I am
impressed with your brief profile details on the internet network and i
feel that it will be good to share this investment proposal with you.

I represent an Investment interest the total Sum of
$50,000,000.00.USD.(FIFTY MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS ONLY) and will like
to deploy in your area of expertise in your country and under an investment
project supervised by you. our sharing ratio will be 50% for me while 50%
for you, so if you are honest and interested, reply me through this email:(
pj393050@mail.ru) for more details.

I hope this cooperation will be of interest to you and we can go ahead with
the details upon your response, and assure you that this transaction is
100% risk free and troublesome as the fund is legitimate.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr. Peter Johnson

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