419 scam: "Mr.Leon Harris" <loenharris@gmail.com> I'M HAPPY OT UPDATE YOU AGAIN

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- christanamayangwe@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Leon Harris" <loenharris@gmail.com>
Reply-To: hleon7827@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 2 May 2021 11:21:47 -0700
Subject: I'M HAPPY OT UPDATE YOU AGAIN

Dear Friend,

Good day, this is Mr.Leon Harris, I'm happy to inform you about my
success in getting the fund $12.5Million transferred under the
co-operation of a new partner from Dubai, Presently I'm in Dubai UAE
for investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
Meanwhile,I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me
in transferring those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary in Burkina-Faso, her name is mrs Christiana
Mayangwe and her email address is ( christanamayangwe@gmail.com ) and
ask her to send you VISA ATM CARD which has loaded the sum of
USD$1,000,000.00 One Million United States Dollars issued in your name
by our Bank (UBA) headquarter, this is for your compensation for all
the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this matter. Note, you
will withdraw your money in an ATM MACHINE in any part of the world,
but the maximum is ($5,000) Fifteen Thousand Us Dollars in three
transactions per day.

So feel free and get in touched with my secretary and instruct her
where to send the VISA ATM CARD to you. Please do let me know
immediately you receive the ATM CARD so that we can share the joy.
Please my main reason to compensate you with this amount is for you to
keep your mouth shut, do not allow anybody to know about this deal
ever, let it to be sealed between us because I don't want to have any
problem in the future please!.

This is how we contributed for your compensation, I contributed
$600,000 dollars out of my own share while my new partner contributed,
$400,000 dollars to make the total of $1,000,000.00 USD,please let the
deal be sealed ok! delete every message you received so far concerning
this deal in your mailbox.

In the moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects
which me and the new partner are having at hand, finally, remember
that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your behalf to
receive that VISA ATM CARD, so feel free to get in touch with her and
she will help you to send it to your address. I will be traveling to
Dubai this evening with my partner for an investment project.

Regards,
Mr.Leon Harris

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