419 scam: Albert John <joneskim363@gmail.com> CONFIRM THE LETTER

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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:
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
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.
- metatour@volny.cz (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Albert John <joneskim363@gmail.com>
Reply-To: metatour@volny.cz
Date: Wed, 10 Nov 2021 12:52:48 -0800
Subject: CONFIRM THE LETTER

To your kind attention ,

I have sent you message more than 5 times, i just noticed i made a
mistake in the letters on your mail , that was why you did not receive
all the mails i sent earlier, sorry about that. Please do not reply
this mail if you have any criminal record because it will affect the
transaction, am John Albert a staff in a Bank here in Spain, i have
a customer who have a similar second name with you, he died in the
year 2015, leaving Twenty Seven Million ,Three Hundred Thousand Euros
â‚¬ 27,300 000 Euros ,without a next of kin,since you have Similar name
with him ,if you will give me 100% assurance,i will process the funds
with your details as his account officer, using your name and details
as next of Kin to raise a draft of Twenty Seven Million ,Three Hundred
Thousand Euros â‚¬ 27,300 000 Euros,without you contacting our Bank ,
then as i go for Medical Check in London , i will travel with the
Draft and look for a good Business Bank and deposit it as ( I .O.D )
INVESTMENT OPEN DRAFT , then give you the Bank details and details to
present for payment to you through the Bank to avoid any trace to us
as it go through clearance house,.

Once the draft get cleared and the Twenty Seven Million ,Three Hundred
Thousand Euros â‚¬ 27,300 000 Euros get transferred to you, which i
will also arrange an Investment agreement of Twenty Seven Million
,Three Hundred Thousand Euros â‚¬ 27,300 000 Euros to cover the funds
Transfer to avoid any questioning of the funds source , as soon as it
get to your Custody , you will Take Ten Million Euros â‚¬ 10,000 000
Euros and offer me Seventeen Million Euros â‚¬ 17,000 000 Euros, then we
will donate â‚¬ 300,000 Euros to any Charity organization that take care
of Motherless babies any were in Asia.

I will need your Urgent reply if you will assure me sincere
cooperation and honesty , because i will be traveling to London soon
next for a Surgery . All i need you to do now is to reconfirm to me
the following details to be very sure of your name i saw online is
same with the name in the account of the my late customer .Send to me
your full details : YOUR FULL NAME : YOUR ADDRESS: :NATIONALITY:
OCCUPATION : DATE OF BIRTH : SEX: MOBILE NUMBER : SCAN COPY OF YOUR
INTERNATIONAL PASSPORT OR ANY VALID ID CARD ,with this details i will
process the draft on your name and detail you on how to proceed.

Once i read from you i will give you more details..

I look forward to your quick reply to my private email :

Yours Faithfully,
John Albert

Email: metatour@volny.cz

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