419 scam: "CHRIS FREDRICK" <chrisfred@aol.com> GET BACK TO ME, IF INTERESTED!!

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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:
- ",000,000" (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.
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.
- psvco43@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "CHRIS FREDRICK" <chrisfred@aol.com>
Reply-To: psvco43@gmail.com
Date: 21 Mar 2020 21:31:07 +0100
Subject: GET BACK TO ME, IF INTERESTED!!

Attention !!!!!

Dear Sir/Ma,

YOUR FUTURE IS CREATED BY WHAT YOU DO TODAY, NOT TOMORROW. READ
THAT AGAIN.I LOAD BITCOIN WALLETS ,PROVIDE INSTANT BITCOIN
RETURNS,RECOVER LOST BITCOIN AND HELP WITH FOREX / BITCOINS
INVESTMENTS ... WHAT IF I TELL YOU, THAT YOU CAN BE WORTH FOUR
HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS ($400,000) IN LESS THAN FOURTEEN DAYS?.
FOR MORE INFO SEND ME A MESSAGE TO MY EMAIL BELOW, NO UPFRONT
FEES/CHARGES INVOLVED!

I have access to BTC vaults that have funds worth One Million USD
($1,000,000) to be transferred without a trace to a trusted
associate that will be ready to provide assistance in receieving
and delivering our part of the money to a designated account.You
will be rewarded fourty percentage of the total transferred sum
at the end of each transaction. This is because as an
administrator, we are not allowed to own BTC account for the fear
of moving funds to our private accounts ... Your requirement is a
Bitcoin wallet .Visit www.blockchain.com to set up your wallet.

Bitcoin is a Cryptocurrency, it is a decentralized digital
currency without a central bank or signle administrator that can
be sent from user to user on the peer to peer bitcoin network
without the need for intermediaries.It is the world first
cryptocurrency and it is not stored in any financial bank but
secured on the internet through digital lerger known as
BLOCKCHAIN.

If you find this proposal acceptable, respond: to my messagevia
Email ( psvco43@gmail.com )

Please Urgent response is highly needed.

CHRIS FREDRICK
ADMINISTRATOR AT BLOCKCHAIN
SERIAL ENTREPRENEUR

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