419 scam: "Mr. Wale Edun." <mail@bootharrow.net> YOUR HELP HAS COME.

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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.
- pierrewunspierre7041@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Wale Edun." <mail@bootharrow.net>
Reply-To: <edunmrwale@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 11 Oct 2023 03:20:39 -0700
Subject: YOUR HELP HAS COME.

Attention:

The Office of the President Federal Republic of Nigeria has sealed a tie between International Communities to immediately settle all her foreign counterpart on debts owed to every cleared person(s), so you are advised to reply back to this informative message because the Office of the Presidentis taking over to ensure payment is made to foreigners that are owned immediately without delays.

Finally, payment has commenced as some international delegates are deployed to also oversee that payment is made to each approved beneficiary without any kind of delay, therefore you are asked to fill the below form clearly:

Name:...................

Address:................

Telephone:..............

Identification:.........

Occupation:.............

Get back to me on my private email :(pierrewunspierre7041@gmail.com)

Finally, once we receive the above required details, the processes to be paid will be communicated to you, be informed that this payment release takes only 4 working days, so you must follow directives accordingly.

Faithfully,

Mr. Wale Edun

Special Adviser on Monetary Policies

Office of the President.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam