419 scam: Kevin Alejandro <christopherwilliam8764@gmail.com> Zahtevajte kartico za bankomat v vrednosti 1,5 milijona

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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:
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22893983877 (Togo, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- infor.atmbankofafrican@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Kevin Alejandro <christopherwilliam8764@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infor.atmbankofafrican@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2023 10:56:14 +0000
Subject: Zahtevajte kartico za bankomat v vrednosti 1,5 milijona

SpoÅ¡tovani lastnik/prejemnik e-poÅ¡te,

To pismo smo vam Å¾e poslali, ne da bi se oglasili, nisem prepriÄan, da
ste ga prejeli, zato ponavljam. PrviÄ,

Moje ime je gospa Kristalina Georgieva, predsednica IMF. Zapustili ste
svoj milijon petsto tisoÄ ameriÅ¡kih dolarjev pri United Bank of
african. Kaj je razlog, kdo vas poskuÅ¡a prevarati? Ker je to edina
pooblaÅ¡Äena banka z g. emeko chrisom kot odobrenim agentom. ÄŒe
zavrnete stik z g. emeko chrisom, vam IMF ne bo dovolil prejeti
plaÄila in Å¡e naprej boste delali z napaÄnimi ljudmi vse dni svojega
Å¾ivljenja brez dobrih novic. VaÅ¡ denar Å¡e vedno ostaja pri UBA v Togu
in morate stopiti v stik z g. emeko chrisom, Äe vas zanima podpis in
odobritev IMF.

Odobreni agent: g. emeka chris
Ime banke: United Bank of African
Elektronski naslov: infor.atmbankofafrican@gmail.com

tel: +228 93983877

To je odobrena banka ZdruÅ¾enih narodov, IMF, Svetovne banke in ECOWAS
in brez te omenjene banke vas noben od teh agentov ne bo podprl ali
vam odobril plaÄila.
Prosimo, stopite v stik z banko in nemudoma prejmite kartico bankomata
v vrednosti 1,5 milijona dolarjev.

S spoÅ¡tovanjem
Kristalina Georgieva
Predsednik IMF.

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