419 scam: "Graham Toy" <zenzen@zenno.jp> Please read my proposal carefully,

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states 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)
- "is 100% risk-free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- bsafiles333@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Graham Toy" <zenzen@zenno.jp>
Reply-To: bsafiles333@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 14 Dec 2020 19:49:26 +0900
Subject: Please read my proposal carefully,

The internet has been grossly abused by scam artists and miscreants whose
intention is to hurt. In as much as one should be careful, at the same
time we should not allow negative to kill the positive potential in a
realistic business. Please read my proposal carefully, it is 100%
Risk-free.
My name is Graham Toy the Finance Director, CAF Bank (United Kingdom),
married with three children.

I am writing this letter to ask for your support and co-operation to carry
out this business opportunity in my department. After January annual
audit, I discovered documents of a late client Michael Harris who made a
numbered fixed deposit with this Bank valued $28M (Twenty Eight Million
United States Dollars) and I was lucky to have the scan documents with me
in a safe position. I discovered from his associates, that Michael Harris
died in a plane crash (Air France Flight 447) June 2009 with his entire
family and other passengers on board as you can confirm it yourself via
The CBS news website below:

https://www.cbsnews.com/news/us-geologist-wife-were-on-doomed-jet/

According to United Kingdom banking law, after the expiration of 14
(fourteen) years, if nobody applies for the claim of the funds it will
confiscate as state treasury. I am seeking for your support to stand as
next of the kin/beneficiary to claim these funds so that we move it into
useful investments, I am ready to share with you 40% for you and 60% will
be kept for me. You will provide an offshore account where the funds will
be transferred. The reason why I am contacting you is that I cannot stand
in the forefront to claim the funds alone because I am currently working
with the Bank.

I will like you to forward your telephone number for further conversation.
I will furnish you with the due process of concluding this transaction as
soon as I confirm your interest.

Please discard this message if you are not interested. One Passionate
appeal I will make to you is not to discuss this matter with anybody, if
you have any reasons to reject this offer. Please and please discard this
message as any leakage of this information will cause me a severe problem
as the Financial Director of CAF Bank.

For security purpose kindly reply to my private E-mail:
(bsafiles333@gmail.com)

Thanks for your kind understanding.

Graham Toy

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