419 scam: Jack Angelove <"www."@tea.ocn.ne.jp> GOOD DAY TO YOU

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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:
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Jack Angelove <"www."@tea.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Jack Angelove <jackangelove12@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Jun 2017 09:06:17 +0900 (JST)
Subject: GOOD DAY TO YOU

Good day to you, am Jack Angelove from Money Gram Office Benin.
Our Money Gram office has been mandated by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) to deliver your compensation fund to you at your home but we will transfer your first payment fund to you via Money Gram money transfer because your name and your number was found in the list of scam victims.
The Money Gram office here stated that you will receive your first payment of $5,000.00 before your full funds ($15.5 million) will be delivered to you, but we have a little misunderstandings here concerning the names we got because we got them misplaced and we can't recognize some of the names with the numbers but we are through with the ones we recognized.
As am discussing with you now, am presently at Dulles International Airport Washington.
all i need from you now is to re-confirm your full name and your home address to me, once you do that, i will forward it to the office so that they will make make your first payment of $5,000.00 immediately, and once you picked it up, i will proceed to you home immediately via delivering your remaining funds. get back to me now with the requested information. Thank you.

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