419 scam: Christoph Rene <hmarshal3323@gmail.com> Hello

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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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Christoph Rene <hmarshal3323@gmail.com>
Reply-To: christophrene2@hotmail.com
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2023 13:54:54 -0700
Subject: Hello

Hello

I am Rene Christoph Esq, a solicitor at law, personal attorney to a
national of your country, who was into the oil and gold business here in my
country. He is now late with his wife and only daughter in a car accident,
he deposited a fund valued of ( Seven Million Five Hundred and Fifty
Thousand United states dollars Only) and the bank is trying to confiscate
the money since i cannot locate any member of the family a long time after
his death, I am seeking for sincere partnership since you share the same
last names with my late client and probably from the same country, Do not
hesitate to send me the following information below for easy communication
and endeavor to reply through my private email address for more details:

Your full names
Your email address
Your private Telephone Number

Thanks and awaiting your reply soonest.

Rene Christoph .Esq

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