419 scam: DAVIS JOHNSON <korkadiallo427@gmail.com> ATM CARD

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "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)
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" 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.
- angeladonald1980@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: DAVIS JOHNSON <korkadiallo427@gmail.com>
Reply-To: angeladonald1980@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2021 12:16:58 +0000
Subject: ATM CARD

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Dear friend,

Good day my dear friend, how are you? Longest time. I am happy to
inform you about my success in getting those inheritance funds
Transfer under the cooperation of a new partner. Presently I'm in
INDIA foreign investment projects with my own share of the total sum.
Mean while I did not forget your past efforts and attempts to assist
me in Transfering those inheritance funds even though it failed us
some how. Now contact my secretary in Lome Togo west Africa, her name
is Angela Donald at her email address (angeladonald1980@gmail.com)
ask her to send you the total sum of ($ 500,000.00), five hundred
thousand United States dollars which I kept for your compensation for
all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in the transaction. I
greatly Appreciated your efforts at that time. So feel free and
contact my secretary Angela Donald and instruct her where to send
you the ATM CARD of the total sum ($ 500,000.00). Please let me know
immediately when you receive it so that we can share the joy after all
the suffering at that time. At this moment I am very busy here
because of the investment projects that I am having with my new
partner, finally remember that I had forwarded instructions to my
secretary on your behalf to receive the ATM CARD, so feel free to get
in touch with Angela Donald, she will send the amount to you with out
any delay.

Best regards,

Mr. Davis Johnson

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