419 scam: "Edward Smith" <mail@vrooomtech.com> PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ITS URGENT

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Edward Smith" <mail@vrooomtech.com>
Reply-To: bairedwardsmith@aol.com
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2022 13:14:26 +0000
Subject: PLEASE GET BACK TO ME ITS URGENT

Attn:

I am surprise that you are yet to seek for my intervention/assistance in
your long awaited pending contract payment. By my experience and encounter
with people from your country, is that they are very articulate and place
great value to their time. They do not allow their dealings or transaction
to be subjected to a crinkum-crankum without any meaningful result. I
believe by now you should have secretly sought for my private email or
phone number to put an end to your time wastage, dribbling and empty
promises from those whom you believe that are helping you to get your
pending payment from our Commercial Bank In America here.

If you are ready to receive your fund, please write me back immediately,
for me to authorize your payment within three (3) working days. However, if
you are still adamant, please save this email to remind you that I once
offered to solve this problem for you. I pray I will not change my mind
when you will realize I am the only one that can help you out. You must
keep this conversation confidential, for security reasons.

regards
Edward Smith

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