419 scam: "Onyx Williamseuropeanc.bank76@gmail.com" <atukwatseonesmas2000@gmail.com> =?UTF-8?Q?Sehr_geehrter_beg=C3=BCnstigter

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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.
- fedexexpress.delivery877@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Onyx Williamseuropeanc.bank76@gmail.com" <atukwatseonesmas2000@gmail.com>
Reply-To: europeanc.bank76@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 21 Mar 2023 01:08:02 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Sehr_geehrter_beg=C3=BCnstigter_Kunde?=

FedEx Nigeria HauptgeschÃ¤ftsstelle
70 Mafoluku Entebbe Road,
kampala.
Bestellung: SH-5468-482485468
Tel; +256707155392

Sehr geehrter Kunde,

hier ist FedEx Courier Delivery Company von Kampala, das Management dieser Firma
Firma mÃ¶chte Sie darÃ¼ber informieren, dass wir ein Paket mit einer ATM
Master Card im Wert von $1,5 Millionen USD mit einigen wichtigen
Dokumenten erhalten haben,
zur sicheren Zustellung an Ihre Wohnadresse in Ihrem Land.

Dieses Paket wurde uns heute Morgen vom I.M.F. BÃ¼ro gebracht, mit den
untenstehenden
Bitte bestÃ¤tigen Sie die unten stehenden Informationen, um zu
verhindern, dass Ihre
Ihre ATM Master Card nicht in falsche HÃ¤nde gerÃ¤t.

VollstÃ¤ndige Namen............
Adresse des PaketeigentÃ¼mers......
Land/Staat........
Beruf...........
Reisepass/FÃ¼hrerschein
Tel. ...........

Wir werden Ihr Paket registrieren und Ihnen die Tracking-Nummern
zusenden, bevor wir
bevor wir mit der sicheren Zustellung Ihres Pakets beginnen, sobald Sie uns die
Informationen fÃ¼r die sichere Zustellung bestÃ¤tigen. Die einzige
GebÃ¼hr, die Sie zahlen werden, ist
BriefmarkengebÃ¼hr und ZustellgebÃ¼hr.

FedEx ist eine der groÃŸen Erfolgsgeschichten der Welt, das Start-up, das
die Zustellung von Paketen und Informationen revolutioniert hat. In
den vergangenen 33
Jahren sind wir herangewachsen und haben uns zu einer vielfÃ¤ltigen
Unternehmensfamilie als FedEx
die grÃ¶ÃŸer, stÃ¤rker und besser ist als je zuvor. Ich warte auf Ihre
E-Mail ( fedexexpress.delivery877@gmail.com )

Mit freundlichen GrÃ¼ÃŸen.
Mr. Onyx Martin.
Versandleiter FedEx Kurier
FedEx Expressdienst Kampala-Uganda.

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