419 scam: Dr DAVID <koffidansou70@gmail.com> CONTACT IMMEDIATELY!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "00,000.00" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- www.orabank.com1@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr DAVID <koffidansou70@gmail.com>
Reply-To: www.orabank.com1@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 29 Dec 2022 06:06:37 +0000
Subject: CONTACT IMMEDIATELY!

INTERNATIONAL SECTION OF ONLINE MOLOTTERY.ATTENTION,As part of the
promotional raffles, the participants were selected using a computerized
voting system consisting of 100,500,000 email addresses of individuals and
companies around the world as part of an electronic promotion program
designed to Encourage Internet users worldwide. Keep in mind that you /
your email address qualified for a draw as a result of your various visits
to various websites on the Internet. Your / your company's address,
attached to the number 230-365-3071, with serial number 710-43, attracted
the numbers of the luck 8, 5, 6, 24, 19, 34 and Bonus No. 51, and
therefore, won in the second category DRAW ONLINE LOTTO DRAW.Therefore, you
have been approved to pay an amount of $ 5,800,000,000, state dollars,
which is the winning amount for the winners of The second category. This is
from the total prize fund of $38,450,000.00, which is shared among
international winners in the second category.And today we notify you that
your funds will be credited into an ATM visa card by Ora bank, Republic of
Togo. Send the following information for the delivery of your $5,800,000.00
USD which is the total amount which your ATM card contains. Make sure you
entered the correct data.Your full name ========Your country ========Your
city ========Your phone number ======Your home address ======NTACT
IMMEDIATELY!With respect,Dr. Coovl Celestine Contact email
= www.orabank.com1@gmail.com <www.orabank.com1@gmail.com>*

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