419 scam: "Mr. Desmond Harvey" <markb3124@gmail.com> HELLO DEAR, YOUR ATM CARD IS READY FOR DELIVERY!

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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:
- "i will like you to " (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)
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.
- saffel30@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Desmond Harvey" <markb3124@gmail.com>
Reply-To: saffel30@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 13 May 2021 08:15:18 -0700
Subject: HELLO DEAR, YOUR ATM CARD IS READY FOR DELIVERY!

Hello Dear,

How are you? Hope you are doing well? I'm sorry for intruding into your
privacy through this means because I thought you didn't receive my previous
message as this is the second message to you. I'm Desmond Harvey, I
previously contacted you a long time ago regarding a multi-million-dollars
business proposal which we never concluded because you were unable to
finance my proposal then.

Well, I just want to use this medium to thank you very much for your
earlier assistance to help me in receiving the funds without any positive
outcome and also inform you that the business has been concluded with the
assistance of another partner from the United States who financed the
transaction to a logical conclusion. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage
and trust worthiness you showed during the course of the transaction
despite it failing us somehow. I have decided to compensate you and show my
gratitude to you with the sum of Fifteen Million United States Dollars
{US$15,000,000:00).

Therefore, contact my Account Officer Rev. Dalibor Paul on this email
address: { saffel30@gmail.com } for the collection of your sealed ATM
MASTER CARD. I instructed him to release the ATM Card to you whenever you
contact him in regards to it. At the moment, I am very busy with my partner
because of the investment projects which we are having at hand now. I will
like you to accept this token with good faith as this is from my heart.
Please do not forget to let me know when you get the ATM card from him.

Best regards,
Mr. Desmond Harvey

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