419 scam: "COL: PACE KIM" <hinnoumabou@gmail.com> Please I need your urgent response:

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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:

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 give you 35% " (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "COL: PACE KIM" <hinnoumabou@gmail.com>
Reply-To: pacekimzeronet@aol.com
Date: Sun, 21 Feb 2021 01:55:00 -0800
Subject: Please I need your urgent response:

My name is Colonel Pace Kim;
This is to officially inform you that i have written to you in a few
months ago without getting respond from you and i believe that my
previous mail did not get to you, therefore i write you again,
concerning the release of my won fund,

I hope everything is fine with you? I am a soldier who works as a
United Nations peacekeeping force in Afghanistan, in the war against
terrorism. I have in my possession the sum of $ 14.3 million that I
won here in Afghanistan.

I deposited the Above Sum with a Red Cross agent because of UN law. I
want you to be my beneficiary to receive the fund and keep it safe,
because I don't trust the Red Cross agent. I want you to help me and
keep the money saved in your account so that, as soon as I finish my
mission here in Afghanistan, I will come to you to meet face to face
and get to know each other. I will give you 35% of the total money for
your assistance after receiving the money.

Please reply to me here by email: if you are willing to work with me
so that I can send you more information about where the money is kept
by the Red Cross Agent. Your urgent response is highly necessary if
you are interested to help me,
Thanks
Colonel Pace Kim

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