419 scam: "Paul Harry"<onlypaulharry@gmail.com> Re: Re: Payment Notice

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "00,000.00" (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)
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22968796304 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
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.
- paulharry01@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Paul Harry" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paulharry01@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 21 Jan 2017 13:19:36 +0100
Subject: Re: Re: Payment Notice

Hello My Dear,

Complement of the season!!. Your contact and payment file along other 9 people where forwarded to me by IMF payment centre to monitor the Ecowas Commission over your payment. Based on the present anti-fraud/scam war that is correctly going on gobally, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS ) Anti-Fraud Teams in conjuction with IMF are making sure that Financial Fraud is Completely wiped out from Africa and beyond as they are working to restrict cyber-crime.

In this regard, about Eighty-Six (86) banks and government officials have been arrested across Africa since 2015 who tried to divert peoples funds to their personal use. The Commission have recovered the total sum of US$ 2.1 Billion dollars from these scammers both cash and assets confirmed to have come from their victims who lost there benefit neither from there love one, friends and business that never concluded etc.

Thousands of email addresses with names in concluding yours where found in there address books. It is at this juncture the Commission was ask to compensate you people and your name where listed among the first beneficiary of 2017 batch "A." You are to collect US$800,000 after your confirmation and approve from the commission.

NOTE: You are to receive just $800,000.00 not $1,200,000.00 dollars declare to you by some people that contact you at first so I HEREBY ADVISED you to Disassociate Yourself from any form of Communication with Individuals, Banks, corporate bodies and Government Officials if happen you already in contact with any one and Follow my Guidelines to receive your payment this time without hinderance as I have been put incharge. So contact me on this email: paulharry01@hotmail.com

Yours Belove,
Mr. Paul Harry
C/100, Godomey, Cotonou
Republic of Benin
Tel: +229 68 79 63 04
E-mail; paulharry01@hotmail.com

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