419 scam: avis rind <dd3933303@gmail.com> Dear friend,

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand us 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)
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.
- avisrind77@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: avis rind <dd3933303@gmail.com>
Reply-To: avisrind77@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 30 Aug 2020 07:39:53 -0700
Subject: Dear friend,

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Dear friend,

My name is Avis Rind and I'm the assistant security manager of Coin
Finance Security Group London, United Kingdom. I have a profiling
amount in excess of forty million five hundred thousand USDollars
($40,500.000.00), which I seek you to accommodate for me. I need your
assistants and support to transfer the sum of forty million five
hundred thousand us dollars from theCoin Finance Security Group to
your bank account in your country. You will be rewarded with 40% of
the total sum for your partnership and support. Can you handle this?

Source of funds:The money was abandoned by a late customers Alan
Williams, a British multi-millionaire tycoon who died with his family
in Tanzania Safari plane crash in 20th October 2005. He died leaving
his contract sum unclaimed without any beneficiary.The money was
deposited in Coin finance company for safe keeping.

Your role: I need you to stand as beneficiary to the unclaimed funds
in custody of the coin Finance company, to enable the Finance company
to transfer the funds to your bank account. I have decided to donate
part of my share to charity and relocate to your country for
investment. The whole process of the transaction will take up to 10
days for a successful completion of the fund transfer to your bank
account in your country. Immediately the funds is transfer to your
bank account, I'll come over to meet you in your country, to share the
$40,500.000.00 according to the agreed percentage.

The transaction has to begin as soon as I confirm your readiness to
proceed with me. I'll send you more details on how to execute the
transaction.
Looking forward to hearing from you soon,

Email(avisrind77@gmail.com)
Yours sincerely,
Avis Rind

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