419 scam: "Mr. Jules Leo"<paulharryonly1@gmail.com> Re: Re: Claim Your Funds.

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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:
- "hundred thousand united states 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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Jules Leo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pastorjules01@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2018 13:40:52 +0100
Subject: Re: Re: Claim Your Funds.

Attn: My Friend,

Compliments of the season, we want to bring to your notice, that your unclaimed fund of the sum of $1,200,000.00 (One Million,Two Hundred Thousand United States Dollars Only) being a part funding project for you from the IMF has not been claimed by you.
Thus, it has been of a matter of urgency that you’re adhered to come forth to the claim of this fund and for onward fund release order without any hitch. On the same vein, the Registry Office has a mandate of amnesty to effect of the conclusion and release all the pending foreign funds to its recipients’ upon compliance of the Financial Ethics Law of 2016 as amended. We implore you to kindly re-confirm all your contact details, so that we can compute into our data processing unit and for onward transfers.
We have provided a modalities to effect to the success of this transaction at easy without delay, while waiting to have the below;

Your means of identification been your national ID CARD
Contact address and Phone numbers
A copy of your recent utilities bills

We are re-assuring you that upon receipt of your swift email, then the progressive action follows suit.
Looking forwards to hearing from as soon as possible.

Mr. Jules Leo

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