419 scam: "Mrs.Helen Roy" <info@fraudwatchinternational.com> Stop all transaction

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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.
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.
- stephjosh817@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Helen Roy" <info@fraudwatchinternational.com>
Reply-To: stephjosh817@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2019 02:54:36 -0700
Subject: Stop all transaction

Attention,

Am Helen Roy, Am sending this message to you personally from Fraud
Watch International. I wish to let you know that after several
investigation at internet database we find out you were defrauded by
internet fraudsters who are giving you false hope of receiving large
funds not knowing they are not real.Presently, we have employed a
strategy to remit sanity and vow to terminate the activities of this
fraudsters,This message is warning you not to respond to their
e-mails,letters or phone calls from today onward as they are nothing
but ordinary scam artist.

We have security Network all over the World in view to monitor all
outgoing and incoming communication to enable us fish out and avert
all illegal and suspicious transaction both domestically and
internationally respectively.

So be very careful and stop communicating anyone henceforth,Their
interest is to rip you-off what you have worked hard to earn.

In accordance with the criminal and other related offenses, we have
been officially compel by the Senate committee on Foreign Affairs to
mapped out the sum of $4.7 Million USD from the Annual Budget as your
compensation.

We have deposited your fund where the investigation started.
Send them your information so they can be sure of the person they are paying.

Contact the payment agent office through email address below;

Contact person: Mr.Stephen Josh
Email:( stephjosh817@gmail.com )

Yours sincerely,

Mrs.Helen Roy
Investigation Officer.

Anti-fraud resources:

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