419 scam: Austin Anderson <dimna1000@gmail.com> 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:

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)
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- janedennis1000@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Austin Anderson <dimna1000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: janedennis1000@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 8 Oct 2021 09:20:16 -0700
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear friend,

Good day my dear friend, how are you? Longest time. I am happy to
inform you about my success in getting those inheritance funds
transferred under the cooperation of a new partner . Presently I'm in
INDIA foreign investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist
me in transferring those inheritance funds even though it failed us
somehow. Now contact my secretary in Lome Togo west Africa, her name
is Mrs. Jane Dennis at her email address (janedennis1000@gmail.com)
ask her to send you the total sum of ($ 950,000.00), nine hundred and
Fifty thousand United States dollars which I kept for your
compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in the
transaction. I greatly appreciate your efforts at that time. So feel
free and contact my secretary Mrs. Jane Dennis and instruct her
where to send you the ATM CARD of the total sum ($ 950,000.00). Please
let me know immediately when you receive it so that we can share the
joy after all the suffering at that time . At this moment I am very
busy here because of the investment projects that I am having with my
new partner, finally remember that I had forwarded instructions to my
secretary on your behalf to receive the ATM CARD, so feel free to get
in touch with Mrs. Jane Dennis , she will send the amount to you
without any delay.

Best regards,
Mr. Austin Anderson.

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