419 scam: LANCE HARPER Attn Dear fund owner !!

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- ",500,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: LANCE HARPER
Reply-To: <lanceharper340@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 29 Nov 2023 05:52:40 -0800
Subject: Attn Dear fund owner !!

Attn Dear fund owner !!

This Official Memorandum is to inform you that i discovered that some
officials whom work under the United States

government have attempted to divert your Funds (US$10,500,000:00)
through a back-door channel. i actually discovered

this today, through our Secret Agents under the Disciplinary Unit of
the U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) .

Note that from the record in my file, your outstanding contract
payment is US$10.5 Million (Ten Million Five Hundred

Thousand Dollars) loaded in an ATM Visa Card that allows you to make a
daily maximum withdrawal limit of US$5000

(Five Thousand Dollars).

Kindly Still Update Me With:

1. Your Name which you prefer we use when shipping your ATM card
2. Your Current mailing ( Delivery ) Address where your your ATM card
should be mailed
3. Your Private Mobile Number for the DHL to Contact you when they
arrive at your door step.

Once again, am sorry for the inconveniences you might have encountered
in the past, in pursuit of your funds i hope

your immediate positive response .

I want you to answer me back now

Yours truly,
Mr Lance Harper
United States Secretary of State

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