419 scam: "Mr. Johnson" <sophiagolado@gmail.com> Attention Dear beneficiary

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
- "courier company" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Johnson" <sophiagolado@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrgabrel91@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 21 Nov 2021 19:01:23 +0100
Subject: Attention Dear beneficiary

The United Nations Diplomatic Agency
1455 NEW YORK
United States
21-11-2020

We are hereby officially notifying you about the present arrangement
to pay you, your over due Winning Prize/inheritance fund which you
could not complete the process of the released of your transfer pin
code through the Digitized Payment System. and you have
spend a lot of money and a lot time sending money to different people
just to make sure you receive your fund and after set and done your
received nothing.
We have decided to pay your funds through (ATM VISA Card) This
arrangement was initiated/constituted by the World Bank, United Nation
and Paris Club, due to fraudulent activities going on within the
world.

The World Bank, United Nations and Paris Club introduced this payment
arrangement as to enable our Contract ,Winning Prize, inheritance
beneficiary to receive their fund without any interference. the ATM
VISA Card was contracted and powered by GOLD CARD WORLD WIDE.The ATM
VISA CARD is credited with the sum of
19.5 Million united states dollars , it is already loaded in the
Master Card which you can use to access your fund in any ATM
Stand/location worldwide and remember that the maximum withdrawal
daily limit is Ten Thousand United States Dollars ($10,000.00). We
have concluded the delivery arrangement with the below courier
services companies and their delivery time is stated below.
DHL=8hrs/$400.00
FedEx Express=7hrs/$200.00
UPS=9hrs/$450.00

Once it gets to us the package will be delivered to your destination.

Kindly state in your response to this text the courier company you
would want us to use for the
shipment of your ATM VISA Card to you

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