419 scam: paymentmanager <agaddafi781@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 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)
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.
- alphn22448@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: paymentmanager <agaddafi781@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alphn22448@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 9 Aug 2021 20:40:48 +0100
Subject: Hello dear,

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Attention please,
This is to bring to your kind attention that the World Bank in
affiliation with the Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) has
sanctioned the Government of concerned countries to compensate the
scam victims, including those that lost money on unsuccessful
contracts and transactions in Africa. Each of the victims will be
compensated with the sum of $2.5 Million dollars, to ensure that
justice is served. This is necessitated by numerous reports of scams
perpetuated from some African countries. There have been reports that
the victims have lost billions of dollars to the scammers.

However, your details were obtained from one of the scammers who were
recently arrested by the joint security operatives comprising
INTERPOL, FBI and local security. The culprit confessed that there are
other partners in crime, and the security agents are tracking them for
possible arrest. Therefore, you are hereby advised to keep this
information confidential until all the scammers are apprehended.

Contact the payment manager now for your compensation payment. Note,
your payment reference number is: CP005698BFA. Quote or better use
your payment reference number as subject when contacting the payment manager.

Payment manager: Mr. Johnbosco Lapa O.
Email: alphn22448@gmail.com
Tel: +2266572579

Yours faithfully,
John Leach
The secretary of the FINANCIAL ACTION TASK FORCE
924 W. 22nd St. Tempe, Arizona, United State

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