419 scam: Joseph Alusine Arif <egonwalker@gmail.com> RE: You have Mail

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "the 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)
- "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)
- "god fearing " (scammers in West Africa like to use religious phrases)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Joseph Alusine Arif <egonwalker@gmail.com>
Reply-To: josephalusine.arif@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 11 Oct 2014 23:09:44 -0700
Subject: RE: You have Mail

Dear Sir/Mam
Good Day

Is my pleasure for writing you this letter, hope you are fine?

I want to use this opportunity to introduce myself well to you,I am
Joseph Alusine Arif,the son of the late chief ALUSINE Joshua of Sierra
Leone, I came to know you in the course of my search for a reliable and
God fearing partner and I decides to contact you because I believe you are
a reputable person and I felt you can help us over this confidential
matter.

I count on your integrity and honesty to be able to handle this business.
I have one truck box that contains $8.5million U.S DOLLARS which is
already in DUBLIN IRELAND. We are ready to give you 20% from the total
money because that was the initial agreement we have with my late father
partner,Mrs. Mary Botto, before the consignment left to DUBLIN IRELAND
right now in DUBLIN IRELAND.

my Late father business partner Mrs. Mary Botto, who was to receive this
consignment containing the money could not be located at the long run. We
have been trying to reach her for the past three days since the
consignment arrive DUBLIN IRELAND,but there is no response and we donâ€™t
really know what happen to her so we need your help to receive this
consignment on behalf of the family. Please be honest to us we are
counting on you.

The director of the shipping company just inform us yesterday that if we
can not provide our father business partner within this period of time,
that the consignment will be return back to GHANA, so we need you to stand
as my family trustee to receive the consignment in DUBLIN IRELAND. If you
are willing to help us receive this consignment, all you just have to do
is to contact the shipping company here in Ghana so that they can give you
instruction to their agent holding the consignment in DUBLIN IRELAND.

If not for God they would have return the consignment back to Ghana but
God has been helping us. Please reply my mail so that I can give you the
contact of the shipping company to discuss with them on the release of
this consignment to you as our family beneficiary, all you just have to do
for us is to receive this consignment.

And that reminds me the shipping company does not know the content of the
box, because it was deposited as a family treasure.

THANKS
Joseph Alusine Arif
For the family

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