419 scam: "Engr Gordon Hirschy"<engr.gordon.hirschy@yandex.com> Re: My accomplishment.

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

Fraud email example:

From: "Engr Gordon Hirschy" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <thomasndokwa@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 26 Apr 2024 08:29:02 -0700
Subject: Re: My accomplishment.

Greetings, Friend

I am pleased to notify you of my accomplishment in transferring the funds with the assistance of a new Paraguayan partner. At the moment, I am in Paraguay on business related to investments that I am personally funding. Even if it somehow failed us, I didn't forget about your earlier attempts to help me move those monies.

Now get in touch with my secretary; his details are as follows:

NAME: Mr. Thomas Ndokwa
EMAIL: thomasndokwa@gmail.com

Kindly reconfirm to him the following below information:
Your full name_________________________
Your address__________________________
Your country___________________________
Your age______________________________
Your occupation________________________
Your Phone number______________________

Request that he send you the entire $1.2 million USD that I held as payment for all of your previous efforts and attempts to help me with this. I was really grateful for your efforts at the time. Thus, please do not hesitate to contact my secretary, Mr. Thomas Ndokwa, and give him instructions on where to deliver the money to you.

Kindly notify me as soon as possible once you receive it, so that we can both rejoice together after everyone else's suffering at that time. I'm now rather busy working on investment ideas with my new partner, so please excuse me. In the end, keep in mind that I sent the secretary instructions so he may get the money on your behalf and he will promptly transmit the money to you.

warm regards,

Gordon Hirschy

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