419 scam: "Mr. Andrew Jones" <info@aapt.net.au> Hello Good Day,

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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:
- "andr3w.jones@yandex.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Andrew Jones" <info@aapt.net.au>
Reply-To: andr3w.jones@yandex.com
Date: Tue, 07 May 2019 14:41:45 -0700
Subject: Hello Good Day,

Attention My Dear,

Iâ€™m Mr.Andrew Jones, the new appointed Global Payment Systems Survey (GPSS)of World Bank Group Office branched here in South Africa.I resume in this office on 3rd,May 2019. And On my going through the files of the previous records of this office, I discovered that there are parcel containing ATM card attached with an email address of the owner on it, The former appointee of this office (Ahmed Musa Jr) failed to carry out the Convertion and transfer to you as it was instructed and programmed.

Probably, one of his reasons for not carrying out the transaction was that you have not provided your bank details to him for the completion of the assignment as he remarked,

According to the content recorded in the file, the ATM card was deposited by one Senior Evangelist Mathew Peterson who died one year back as a charity foundation parcel to you. On the statement he wrote on the list, he stated that the aforementioned ATM cards contains the sum of US$10,5 Million and he found your email contacts as reputable and capable persons that can use the charity awarded ATM Cards to change the lives of people.

Meanwhile, I have contacted our head office at London and reported the issue of the discovered fund contain in the ATM cards in my office and they verified it and gave me the veto order to carry out the transaction.

So be rest rest assure to send to me your direct phone number and international passport copy or driver license copy via this email ( andr3w.jones@yandex.com ) and wait for my direction on how this fund will be transfer to you.

Looking forward to hear from you.

Regards,
Andrew Jones.

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