419 scam: Senior Pastor patrick Roy <"www."@mist.ocn.ne.jp> Greetings 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:
- "western union" (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. )
- "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. )
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Western Union money transfer is completely untraceable and therefore is *not* safe to use with anyone you do not know personally. It is the preferred method of online criminals to collect money from their victims.

Fraud email example:

From: Senior Pastor patrick Roy <"www."@mist.ocn.ne.jp>
Reply-To: Senior Pastor patrick Roy <mr.patrickroy333@hotmail.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2017 19:25:58 +0900 (JST)
Subject: Greetings to you.

You are bless,

As matter of fact, we need your urgent assistance as an Canadian citizen, there is this man abroad which our Church here in Africa prayed for his wife, for the fruit of womb last year, and GOD with his infinity mercy answered and gave them baby after many years of childless, now the family want to show appreciation on what the Lord has done for them, and decided to send us some money to rebuild our Church here, please our Church will like to use your BANK account to secure the money for the Church project, the family promised to pay the money to us via bank to bank transfer because they are not in position to send western union or money gram,

Meanwhile, our Church prayed for God's direction before contacting you and if you$B!G(Bre interested, we will take online Oath that you will never for any reason spend your $1 on the transaction, and each money transferred to the account you will take 10% and send the rest to us here immediately for the project.

Waiting to read from you soon as possible,

Senior Pastor patrick Roy.

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