419 scam: michealegobia <augustinesamok50@gmail.com> Dear Friend

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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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "consignment " (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)
- ",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)
- "foreign remittance department" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- augustinesamok1@hotmail.fr (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: michealegobia <augustinesamok50@gmail.com>
Reply-To: michealegobia1@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 26 Oct 2020 11:27:11 +0000
Subject: Dear Friend

Dear Friend.

I am the Director in charge of the foreign remittance department here
in this bank, and I am contacting you regarding our deceased Immigrant
property Magnate, he is from Over sea Country, also referred to as one
of costumer here in the bank who dead along with his next of kin.

I would like you to stand as the NEXT OF KIN / relative to our
deceased customer, who made deposits of $20,500,000,00 and a
consignment of 11 KG of Gold, for safe keeping with our bank here in
Lome-Republic of Togo. The deceased name: (NAME Partrik WITHHELD) He
died without any registered NEXT OF KIN and as such the funds now have
an open beneficiary mandate. If you are interested please try and get
back to me so that I can give you comprehensive details on what we are
to do.

I urgently hope to get your response as soon as possible. Please reply
through the receipt of this mail; I sharing ratio stands 50% for you
and also 50% for me.

Kindly contact me at(augustinesamok1@hotmail.fr) to enable me to give you
the full details of this transaction for your better understanding.
Kindly forward all the required information's to me urgently.

1. Full names..............
2. Occupation..............
3. Home address............
4. Age....................
5. Telephone number........
6. Skype address............
7. e-mail address...........

Augustine Samok.
Email:augustinesamok1@hotmail.fr

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