419 scam: "Dr. Johnson Kobina" <conniedutton5@gmail.com> Urgent Response Needed

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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:
- "to your nominated bank account" (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)
- ",500,000" (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 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.
- johnsonkobina747@rediffmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Johnson Kobina" <conniedutton5@gmail.com>
Reply-To: johnsonkobina747@rediffmail.com
Date: Fri, 27 Aug 2021 02:51:45 -0700
Subject: Urgent Response Needed

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From Mr. Johnson Kobina,
Cell Phone and whatApp +44 7934 1771 143
E-mail: johnsonkobina747@rediffmail.com

I request your kind attention and understanding regarding my aim of
emailing you today, my name is Mr.Johnson Kobina. Business
Relationship-Manager at Standard Chartered Bank Plc. London. Please
consider this transaction with maximum confidentiality. Being a top
executive at the Bank, I discovered a numbered account with a credit
balance of GBP 17,500,000 .00 (Seventeen Million, Five Hundred thousand
British Pounds) which belongs to one of our deceased customers (Ernest
Williams) an American that died during Hurricane Sandy in November, 2012.

Due to my position at the bank, I can confidently inform you that I have
necessary details to claim these funds without any hitch. I only need your
assistance as a foreigner to assume the beneficiary, since my position as a
civil servant and a bank official does not permit me or my relatives to
make this claim. Therefore, I need you to stand as the â€œForeign
Beneficiary", and I assure you of a perfect transfer strategy in your name
legally to avoid any suspicions.

You are entitled to 40% of the entire sum for your effort in this great
deal, Upon your consideration of my proposal, I request (Your full name,
Contact address and your direct telephone/fax number) to enable me
re-profile the fund in your name as the beneficiary, for bank approvals and
fund transfers to your nominated bank accounts. Also considering the level
of discretion required for success of this project. I request your reply to
my private email: ( johnsonkobina747@rediffmail.com ) and feel free to call
me on my cell Phone or whatApp me through the number above for clear
details.
All legal documents to back up the claims will be obtain legally here, I
shall be directing you on the process I don't want this money diverted into
our Bank recovery account as unclaimed fund; meanwhile the ministry of
finance and economic has issued an order to release any unclaimed fund
immediately whenever the next of kin is discovered with dully application.

Thanking you in anticipation of your immediate reply.
Kind regards,

Mr.Johnson Kobina.
Business Relationship-Manager
Standard Chartered Bank Plc. London

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