419 scam: "John Williams (S.L.G.C)" <jaezeg@gmail.com> Attention:!Attention:!!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:

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: "John Williams (S.L.G.C)" <jaezeg@gmail.com>
Reply-To: abofusa56@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 12:55:19 +0100
Subject: Attention:!Attention:!!Attention:!!!

Attention:!Attention:!!Attention:!!!

How are you doing today together with your families/friends hope they
are doing great in the Lord. Am really sorry you did not hear from me
again since last year, because I receive an urgent call from my state
Governor to come and contest for state Local Government Chairman which
is my right because I told him last time that I lost my job as a Lt
General.

Furthermore, thank God the election took place and I won as a Local
Government Chairman in my state, am contacting you to let you know
that God has answered your prayers by making me a state Local
Government Chairman and we are a state of CRUDE OIL which our yearly
budget is larger than other 36 states in Nigeria. Today been
07/10/2022 Federal Republic of Nigeria has approved our 2022 Local
Government Pension budget, which am sending this letter to you to
include your name among Pensioners list under my State Local
Government and you will be receiving $500,000 every month for FOUR (4)
years of my tenure.

FILL THE INFORMATION BELOW:

Your Full Name:
Home Address:
Telephone:

Finally, Immediately I hear from you I will forward the next step you
will follow to make sure the process is complete and you will start
enjoying your monthly pension from this month.

Please get back to me now for more explanation on how we will get this
monthly Pension deal done.

REPLY IMMEDIATELY NOW.

Thanks
Yours faithfully,
John Williams (S.L.G.C)
State Local Government Chairman (S.L.G.C)

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