419 scam: "Mr Joseph A Joseph"<info@shore.com.mx> DID YOU SEND ANYONE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND ON YOUR BEHALF? ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?

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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:
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- joswalt1960@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Joseph A Joseph" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <infowilcoxinfo246@indamail.hu>
Date: Tue, 16 Nov 2021 23:11:07 +1000
Subject: DID YOU SEND ANYONE TO RECEIVE YOUR FUND ON YOUR BEHALF? ARE YOU DEAD OR ALIVE?

Greetings to you and your family that is if you are still alive, this is to inform you that there is presently a counter claims on your funds by one Mr. Antonio Reyes , who is presently trying to make us believe that you are dead and even explained that you entered into an agreement with him to help you in receiving your fund, he said you signed an agreement that he should claim your fund. He said you died on Friday last week in an auto crash accident and before you died while at the hospital bed you signed an agreement with him that he should claim your fund, he also said he was a business partner with you and he came to see you for business before the accident took your life and he said you have given him power of attorney to claim the fund after your death.

Here comes the big question. Did you sign any deed of assignment agreement in favor of (Mr. Antonio Reyes)? Thereby making him the current beneficiary to the sum of $2,300,000.00 with the following account details:?

Mr. Brian G. Newman,

ac/number: 6503809428.

Routing/122006743,

b/name: Citi bank,

address: New York, USA.

Reach me on joswalt1960@gmail.com

We shall proceed to issue all payments details to the above named person if we do not hear from you within the next two(2) working days. Get back to us with immediate effect THAT IS IF YOU ARE STILL ALIVE... MAKE SURE YOU RECONFIRM YOUR FULL NAME, ADDRESS AND PHONE NUMBER PLUS ID CARD.

Thank you.

Regards

Mr James Gregory.

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