419 scam: "LARRA GONG"<larragong@yahoo.com> Hello ! Reply me for business

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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:
- "your urgent reply" (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.
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.
- larragong@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "LARRA GONG" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <larragong@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 10 Aug 2019 16:23:37 -0700
Subject: Hello ! Reply me for business

Nice to meet you, I am a singaporian woman and i am the vice director in a private asian bank in Togo. I saw your contact and have an urgent business proposal to discuss with you. I found a secret abandoned account of ($ 3.5 millions) in this bank, and I want to send it to your account, so we share 50% for you, and 50% for me. Since 2008, this account was dormant, because there is no owner to claim this money.And now the bank wants to confiscate the money at the end of next month.I do not want the bank to seize this money for free.

Therefore I want to cooperate with you and transfer the money to you.

This proposal is 100% free risk, and can never bring any problem to you and me.

Contact me for more details via my personal address: [ larragong@gmail.com ]

I am waiting for your urgent reply,

Mrs. Larra Gong

CEO SV.23 DEPT.

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