419 scam: "Ms Charity Nagama"<jameshowardx21@ebtc.com> Re: Attention Please!

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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.
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.
- charitynagama@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Ms Charity Nagama" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jameshowardx21@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 14 Oct 2021 15:34:09 +0100
Subject: Re: Attention Please!

Good Day,

I am Ms Charity Nagama from CBN, I came across your file,I took time to study it and found out that you have paid VIRTUALLY all fees and certificate, but the fund has not been release to you after spending money unnecessarily,because my Boss and his colleagues want to divert your funds into their personal account,I do not intend to work here all the days of my life, I can release this fund to you if you can certify me of my security, to leave this country after completing the transfer,else I will be seriously in trouble.

The only thing I will need from you to release this fund is Two special HARD DISK 140 GIG to recopy your information from the corrupted one, I will clean up the tracer and destroy your file,I guaranteed your funds will reflect in your account within next 24
banking hours,kindly send me your convenient tell/fax numbers for easy communications and also re confirm your banking details, so that there won't be any mistake. EMAIL ME ON THIS ADDRESS: ( charitynagama@gmail.com )

Regards,

Ms Charity Nagama

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