419 scam: "MR. FRANCIS JOHNSON" <francjohnson909@yahoo.com.hk> NOTIFICATION OF YOUR PENDING FUNDS.

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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: "MR. FRANCIS JOHNSON" <francjohnson909@yahoo.com.hk>
Reply-To: francisjohnson888@yahoo.com.hk
Date: Fri, 14 Feb 2014 13:01:52 +0000
Subject: NOTIFICATION OF YOUR PENDING FUNDS.

GOOD DAY,

PAYMENT NOTIFICATION OF YOUR PENDING FUNDS.

I WISH TO NOTIFY YOU THAT YOUR WINNING/ INHERITANCE PAYMENT OF $10.5
MILLION UNITED STATED DOLLARS, HAS BEEN APPROVED AND WILL BE RELEASE
TO YOU AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND TO THIS LETTER, YOU ARE ASK TO REPLY TO
THIS OFFICE WITH THE INFORMATION BELOW TO EFFECT THE WIRE TRANSFER OF
YOUR FUND, THE INFORMATION IS AS FOLLOWS:

YOUR NAME IN FULL:
YOUR TELEPHONE AND FAX NUMBER:
YOU AGE AND OCCUPATION:
YOUR CONTACT ADDRESS:

FURTHERMORE, AS SOON AS I HEAR FROM YOU WITH THE INFORMATION REQUESTED
I WILL USE IT TO OBTAIN THE FUND APPROVAL CERTIFICATE ON YOUR BEHALF
THAT WILL BACK UP YOUR FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT, I AM HERE TO LET
YOU KNOW THAT TO HAVE YOUR FUND INTO YOUR BANK ACCOUNT WILL TAKE YOU
ONLY BUT FOUR (4) WORKING DAYS AS SOON AS YOU RESPOND TO THIS LETTER.

THANKS AND HAVE A NICE DAY,EXTEND MY GREETINGS TO YOUR FAMILY,WHILE I
AM WAITING TO HEAR FROM YOU.

BEST REGARDS
MR. FRANCIS JOHNSON

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