419 scam: "Mr.JOHNSON BOVY" <pg023374@gmail.com> RE: GREETING!!!

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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: "Mr.JOHNSON BOVY" <pg023374@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jik40451@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 20 Mar 2023 23:39:27 +0100
Subject: RE: GREETING!!!

Account: Offshore & Confidential United States Dollar account
Amount: USD Only. (US$750.000.00) .

Dear Sir ,

This is in accordance with the licensing and supervision of banking
directive, our mission is to resolve pending transfer and we have come
across a bunch of Unclaimed and Lost Money owed to individuals which
have been abandoned due to many abnormalities that had happened in the
apex institutions.

As such, a specified file registered under your name and email has
reached a settlement with federal authorities and you are eligible to
receive optional repayment of $750,000.00 been your Unclaimed Money
owed to you irrespective .

Considering this development, you will receive your fund through
Card-less USSD Code withdrawal, so your advice to furnish us with
your

Complete legal name.......................
Direct telephone +...............................
And Postal address .....................
to enable us process and activate your USSD Code for your
inter-bank transfers to any bank account with a few clicks on your
phone.

*Enabling*YouFirst#

Mr.JOHNSON BOVY.
Section 42a-184.
Dep of issuance and acceptance of payment order
Afro European debt reconciliation office.

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