419 scam: "Mr. Lawrence Armstrong" <haasmike14@gmail.com> Dear Scam victim,

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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.
- giacomodegiorgigiorgi0@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Lawrence Armstrong" <haasmike14@gmail.com>
Reply-To: giacomodegiorgigiorgi0@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 12 Mar 2023 00:38:12 -0800
Subject: Dear Scam victim,

Dear Scam victim,

This is National Crime Investigation Center.

In our investigations from banks on International and National Funds
Transfer (INFT) protocols in the past 10 years from all banks worldwide.
We have come across your contact details and records with one of these
Banks which have withheld your fund. In view of the carried
investigations, we have contacted you confidentially for vital
information toward your transaction with this bank. It was clear that
the bank has delayed your payment thereby looking for a means to divert
your fund to different individual and company account which does not
belonging to you.

However, all bank officials who mishandled your transaction has been
duly sacked and the management dissolved and dismissed from bank work as
a result of this attempt. Upon our investigation conclusion, we found
out that your transaction was legitimate and for this reason, a
compensation amount of $3,150,567.00 (Three million one hundred and
fifty thousand, five hundred and sixty seven dollars) has been allocated
to you for immediate payment through our accredited bank.

Kindly contact the compensation paying officer with the below details.

Name: Mr. Giacomo De Giorgi
Email: giacomodegiorgigiorgi0@gmail.com

Thanks.
Yours sincerely,
Mr. Lawrence Armstrong

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