419 scam: "Mrs. Elizabeth Castro" <huganbrooks@gmail.com> Hello Dearest

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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:
- "keep it confidential" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin 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.
- mrsjaneyzachary491@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Elizabeth Castro" <huganbrooks@gmail.com>
Reply-To: elizabethcastro6453@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 18 Oct 2021 01:39:58 +0100
Subject: Hello Dearest

Hello Dearest,

Greetings my dear, i hope this email finds you well.
Let me start by introducing myself to you, I am Mrs. Janey Zachary,
manager in auditing department with United Bank for Africa (UBA) Burkina Faso.
I have a business deal that will be of immense benefit to both of
us if only you will incline to the proposal and keep it confidential,
I discovered a dormant account amounting to USD$11.3million dollar
which belong to a deceased customer of this bank. Late Moises Saba Masri,
a billionaire Business Mogul a Jew from Mexico who was a victim of a
helicopter crash.
See site: ( http://www.ynetnews.com/articles/0,7340,L-3832556,00.html ).
I cannot do this transaction all alone without employing a foreigner
who will stand as the deceased next of kin, as bank procedure demands.

I shall give you further details about him upon receiving your response.
Please keep this proposal as a top secret and delete if you are not interested.

Thanks as i await your timely response to my private email address;
( mrsjaneyzachary491@gmail.com )

My Pleasure
Mrs. Janey Zachary.

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