419 scam: "Mrs Joan Wilson"<info@mail.barlaw.co.il> Your COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $5 MILLION/ FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT

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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:
- "johnronconsultant@aliyun.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs Joan Wilson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johnronconsultant@aliyun.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2022 17:14:34 -0500
Subject: Your COMPENSATION PAYMENT OF $5 MILLION/ FOREIGN OPERATIONS DEPT

Federal Bureau of Investigation
Counter-terrorism Division and Cyber Crime Division
J. Edgar. Hoover Building Washington DC
Christopher Wray,

Attention Beneficiary,

Records show that you are among one of the individuals and organizations who are yet to receive their overdue payment from overseas which includes those of Lottery/Gambling,Contract and Inheritance. Through our Fraud Monitory Unit we have noticed that you have been transacting with some impostors and fraudsters who have been impersonating the likes of Mrs.Gill Marcus of the Reserve Bank Of South Africa, Mr. Patrick Aziza, Bode Williams, Frank, Anderson, none officials of Oceanic Bank, Zenith Banks, Kelvin Young of HSBC, Ben of FedEx, Ibrahim Sule, Dr. Usman Shamsuddeen and some impostors claiming to be The Federal Bureau of Investigation.

We wish to inform you of your abandoned fund which has been approved and is ready for payout.
Please respond to enable the payout department to contact you with more details.
Mr. John Ron, E-mail: johnronconsultant@aliyun.com, Do reply with the following; furnish him with your details as listed below:

Full Name:_____________________________
Current Address________________________
SEX: __________________________________
DATE OF BIRTH: ________________________
TELEPHONE NUMBER: _____________________

Sincerely,
Thank You and Be Blessed.

Ms. Joan Wilson
211 Caroline Apt.L 3, Cape Canaveral
Florida, 32920

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