419 scam: "John L. Paul" <revtimothyjp@gmail.com> Attention: Dear Friend,

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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:

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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "John L. Paul" <revtimothyjp@gmail.com>
Reply-To: filleo249@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2021 11:58:30 +0100
Subject: Attention: Dear Friend,

Hello my dear friend,
How are you over there in your country or elsewhere? I believe you are
fine and doing well. I hope my mail meets you in good health today. I
am much delighted and privileged to contact you again, after all these
time, it takes destiny and courage to remember good friends like you
and at the same time, show gratitude to you despite circumstances that
made us separate and disrupted our transaction, which ultimately did
not work out as we had projected then.

I use this opportunity to inform you that the transaction has finally
worked out and I am contacting you to let you know that I have
credited $1.8 million in ATM Master Card and I left the ATM master
card with Rev Father David Manley before I traveled to India to invest
my own share of the money with my new partner in India.

Here is the email to contact Rev Father David Manley:

NAME: Rev Father David Manley
EMAIL:

Fill your info as bellow while contacting Rev Father David Manley

Full Name:----------
Home Address:----------
Your country:----------
Your phone number:----------
A copy of your Identity:----------
Name of your International airport:----------

Greetings
John L. Pau

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