419 scam: "Rev Bill Martins"<<>> Urgent respond is needed

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev Bill Martins" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chiomaofor02@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 May 2024 04:54:09 -0700
Subject: Urgent respond is needed

URGENT ATTENTION IS NEEDED

Hello good afternoon,how are you doing today together with ur family.

Are you not tired of sending money to people that is just after your

hard earning money?

How many times are they gonna deceive you before you will know that they

are just a scammers?

Think wise my friend because you are sending money to people that is

laughing at you after receiving the payment,we are the only office that

assigned to release ur fund without any further delay.

Get back to me and stop wasting ur time with wrong people that claiming

to be what they are not.

Since you have been sending money to them,have you receive at least half

of your fund?

If yes please let me know now and note that your total fund is $15.5

million usd.

Anti-fraud resources:

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