419 scam: "Folly Z.Lawson" <anthocoulibaly@gmail.com> ATTENTION

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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)
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- flllwsn54@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Folly Z.Lawson" <anthocoulibaly@gmail.com>
Reply-To: flllwsn54@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 14 Dec 2021 17:34:31 +0000
Subject: ATTENTION

From: The Office Dr.Folly Z.Lawson
Ecowas Financial Controller
7th Floor Ecowas Building Lome, Togo.
Email / flllwsn54@gmail.com.

Greetings,

We are writing to you from Ecowas Finance Controller Office Lome Togo
because we have received a file from the Ministry of Finance
Lome-Togo, concerning an Inherited Fund bearing your name on it, And
after our verifications, we found out that the funds belong to you.

I want you to forward your passport copy or any copy of your Identity
Card to verify if the same as the one in the file. And also I would
like you to forward any document within your reach that may confirm
from your side to ensure this fund did not end in the wrong person's
hand.

Please contact me on my private email address (flllwsn54@gmail.com)for
more information and directive

I am looking forward to your urgent reply,
Best regards,
Dr. Folly Z.Lawson

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