419 scam: Stephen Pena <monicanguru009@gmail.com> =?UTF-8?B?TnV0bsOhIG5hbMOpaGF2w6Egb2Rwb3bEm8SP?=

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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:

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.

Fraud email example:

From: Stephen Pena <monicanguru009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: stephen_pena01@citromail.hu
Date: Mon, 15 Nov 2021 03:01:19 -0800
Subject: =?UTF-8?B?TnV0bsOhIG5hbMOpaGF2w6Egb2Rwb3bEm8SP?=

MÅ¯j drahÃ½ pÅ™Ãteli

PÅ™edchozÃ e-mail vÃ¡m byl zaslÃ¡n bez odpovÄ›di.
Jsem pan Stephen Pena ÃºÄetnÃ u pana Roberta a
rodÃ¡k z vaÅ¡Ã zemÄ›, kterÃ½ zemÅ™el pÅ™i zÃ¡valu diamantovÃ©ho dolu.
MÅ¯j klient byl expatriant/inÅ¾enÃ½r z tÄ›Å¾ebnÃho prÅ¯myslu.

S potÄ›Å¡enÃm vÃ¡m oznamuji, Å¾e po nÄ›kolika pokusech najÃt mÅ¯j
KlientÅ¡tÃ pÅ™ÃbuznÃ/rodinnÃ pÅ™ÃsluÅ¡nÃci, zjistil jsem, Å¾e mÃ¡te stejnou rodinu
jmÃ©no s mÃ½m klientem.
Byl bych rÃ¡d, kdybychom diskutovali o financÃch mÃ©ho klienta a hodnotÄ›
nemovitosti
4 650 000 USD u nÃ¡s.

MÅ¯j klientskÃ½ ÃºÄet je v souÄasnÃ© dobÄ› neÄinnÃ½ a jeho prostÅ™edky budou
zÃskÃ¡ny zpÄ›t
vlÃ¡dou, protoÅ¾e zemÅ™el intestate a od tÃ© doby nikdo
nÄ›kdy pÅ™ijÃt pro penÃze. PotÅ™ebuji vaÅ¡e sluÅ¾by, abych zÃskal tyto prostÅ™edky
podle prÃ¡vnÃch ujednÃ¡nÃ, protoÅ¾e mÃ¡m vÅ¡echny podrobnosti nedotÄenÃ©,
abych zajistil a
bezrizikovÃ½ pÅ™evod.

Å½Ã¡dÃ¡m o vÃ¡Å¡ souhlas, abych vÃ¡s pÅ™edstavil jako mÃ©ho nejbliÅ¾Å¡Ãho pÅ™ÃbuznÃ©ho
klienta, aby vÃ¡m mohly bÃ½t vyplaceny vÃ½nosy z tohoto ÃºÄtu za
bezpeÄnost a nÃ¡slednÃ© vyplacenÃ, protoÅ¾e finanÄnÃ prostÅ™edky zÅ¯staly pozadu
bez jakÃ©koli pÃsemnÃ© zÃ¡vÄ›ti nebo podrobnostÃ o nejbliÅ¾Å¡Ãch pÅ™ÃbuznÃ½ch.
Pokud jste ochotni pomoci, dejte mi vÄ›dÄ›t pro dalÅ¡Ã podrobnosti

S pozdravem,
Pan Stephen Pena

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