419 scam: "Dr. Alex Kamara" <service@kimson.com.tw> YOUR VISA ATM CARD IS READY:

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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.
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.
- honmichaelja@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Alex Kamara" <service@kimson.com.tw>
Reply-To: honmichaelja@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 29 Jan 2022 09:56:12 -0800
Subject: YOUR VISA ATM CARD IS READY:

Hello Beneficiary,
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope =

this mail meets you in a perfect condition. You may not understand why =

this mail came to you. But if you do not remember me, you might have receiv=
e an email from me in =

the past regarding a business proposal which we never concluded.
I am happy to inform you about my success in getting those funds =

delivered under cooperation of a new partner from Dominican Republic. =

Presently I'm in Dominican Republic for investment projects with my own sha=
re of the total sum =

meanwhile, I didn't forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in d=
elivery those funds despite that it failed us some how. =

Now contact HON. MICHAEL JOHN AGUDO E-Mail =

(honmichaelja@gmail.com)
Ask the bank to send you the total cash check of $12.9 million,dollars =

which I kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempt =

to assist me in this matter. I appreciated your collective efforts at that =
time, so feel =

free and get in touch with HON. MICHAEL JOHN AGUDO and instruct him where t=
o =

send the ATM VISA CARD to you. do it fast before the ATM VISA CARD EXP=
IRED.
Please do let me know immediately once you receive it so that we can share =

the joy after all the sufferings at that time. In the moment, I am very =

busy here in Dominican Republic because of the investment projects which I =
and the new partner =

are having at hand without confrontations,
Finally, remember that I had forwarded instruction to the secretary on =

your behalf to receive that ATM VISA CARD, so feel free to get in touch =

with HON. MICHAEL JOHN AGUDO he will send the ATM VISA CARD to you without =
any delay
=

Regards,
Dr. Alex Kamara

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