419 scam: test@test.com Hello Friend I Need Your Sincere Cooperation

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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 brother " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge amount of money" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- officemai774@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: test@test.com
Reply-To: officemai774@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 22 Jul 2017 03:42:44 -0700
Subject: Hello Friend I Need Your Sincere Cooperation

Dear Friend,

I Need Your Sincere Cooperation
Its my pleasure to open up communication with you today but before I proceed, I must first apologize for this unsolicited letter to you. I am aware that this is certainly not a conventional way of approach to establish a relationship of trust, but I do have limited choice, Iâ€™m Mr. Bello A Luma, I work with Federal Ministry of Finance Nigeria, West Africa as a (Senior Director) I am in charge of all contract payment disbursement.

I want to make a transfer involving a huge amount of money worth $18,500,000.00, so i do really like to solicit your assistance in effecting this transfer into a trusted account for a possible future investment in your country in the near future with your assistance and directives., Dear brother can you handle this project? This is real and very urgent.

I stand to give 30% of the total funds as compensation for your assistance/cooperation if this can be accepted, Note, I will educate you with the full details information's of the transaction and source of fund on receipt of your response, if interested and willing to work with me in confidence, please do not hesitate to respond back and I shall send you the details and copies of all necessary documents and procedures with which the transfer will be made smoothly without any future problems.

Should you be willing to do this with me ? Please do not delay to reach me by sending your response to my private email address only as stated here () upon my receipt of your positive response I will forward you with my direct contacts for easy communication.

I wait your response for further discussion.

Best Regards,

Mr. Bello A Luma
Senior Director (FMF)
Private Email: officemai774@gmail.com

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