419 scam: Harry Kliner <"harrykliner."@wind.ocn.ne.jp> Dear beneficiary,

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
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.
- email-alexandercoy.1@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Harry Kliner <"harrykliner."@wind.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: ALEXANDRA COY <alexandercoy.1@yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2017 11:59:31 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Dear beneficiary,

Dear beneficiary,

It is my pleasure to inform you that because so many people try to
claim that they have access to your inherited funds, which has been
hanging all these while we have recalled the funds to the custody of
the ministry of finance here, and enclosed the remaining balance of
the funds in an ATM CARD after settling some international taxes and
the card is ready to be sent to you now.

Your funds worth of $2,750,000.00 is uploaded in the card and they
wait to mail it to you once you come for it. Kindly contact Ministry
of finance's Chief foreign protocol officer,ALEXANDRA COY
urgently with your name, mailing address and phone number for him to
arrange and mail your card to you. His contact information is as
follows:

Name-ALEXANDRA COY
Email-alexandercoy.1@yahoo.com

Tel.: (He will give you)

Your card's pin is 4253. You keep the pin safe because Ministry of
Finance will not be held liable for any wrong done from the pin. We
did not give it to any other person.

Give us update once you receive your card and start using it.

Congratulations!

Harry Kliner.
Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Finance

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