419 scam: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HULLOV=C1_Jana?= <jana.hullova@nsud.sk> RE

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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 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.
- m.francco96@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: =?iso-8859-1?Q?HULLOV=C1_Jana?= <jana.hullova@nsud.sk>
Reply-To: "m.francco96@gmail.com" <m.francco96@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 3 Jun 2022 11:35:44 +0000
Subject: RE

Bonjour,

Je suis Manuel Franco, vous avez un don de 2 800 000,00 $ (deux millions huit cent mille dollars). J'ai gagné la loterie Powerball de 768 millions de dollars en 2019. J'en donne une partie à cinq personnes chanceuses et à dix organisations caritatives.

Votre e-mail a été sélectionné au hasard dans la base de données universelle des e-mails. Si cela vous intéresse, contactez-moi en urgence pour les réclamations via : m.francco96@gmail.com

Regardez mon interview complète ici : https://youtu.be/R_pDrt1np1U.

Je fais cela pour aider à amortir les effets du COVID-19 sur les gens. Je fais de mon mieux pour mettre un sourire sur le visage de tout le monde dans le monde, de toutes les manières possibles.

Cordialement,
Manuel.

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