419 scam: Alain Leroy <mb92729@gmail.com> RE: Regarding your Inheritance payment file

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand united state dollars" (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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Alain Leroy <mb92729@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Alain Leroy <mb92792@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2016 10:48:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: RE: Regarding your Inheritance payment file

Dear Beneficiary

I am authorized by the new elected Minister of Finance Benin Republic and the Secretary-General of the United Nations Ban KI-moon after our general meeting under the 2016 budget to pay 50 (Fifty) people who have been Victims of Internet scam. The Criminal Investigative Division (CID) Benin Republic Chapter has short-listed you for overdue compensation funds payment valued $10,500,000 USD (Ten Million Five hundred Thousand United State Dollars). You are listed and approved for this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this sum, get back to me as soon as possible for the release of your compensation fund.

We found your email ID in our unpaid beneficiary$B!G(Bs roll call and decided to notify you by email, and to let you know that the documents of your funds has been secured and much available for you to receive your assigned inheritance funds.

Feel free to fill out below Outline for upgrading your profile.

Name:
Address:
Phone:
Age/Sex:
Occupation:

For more information about this payment, feel free to send us your e-mail enquiry or call 002 296 417 5973 at your convenient as we are to here to release your compensation payment.

Yours faithfully,

Mr. Alain Leroy
Chief Consultant, Benin Republic District

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