419 scam: "PAUL FRAISER"<MDF@HF.COM> RE: PAYMENT SCHEDULE

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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:
- "may come to you as a surprise" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
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.
- ii4628182@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "PAUL FRAISER" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <s8188778645@aol.com>
Date: Sat, 20 Feb 2021 09:03:06 -0800
Subject: RE: PAYMENT SCHEDULE

Attention Beneficiary

I know that this email may come to you as a surprise but this is to inform you that the new elected President Joe Biden held a meeting with the FOMC and FBI and all the top banks in the United States and outside the United States regarding the contractors/inheritance and lottery winners that have not received their payment during the last regime of Donald Trump.

The newly elected President of the United States Joe Biden instructed all the banks to compensate contractors/inheritance and lottery winners with four million six hundred thousand dollars each.

Your name is included in the list, so you are to contact this office below;

Mr. Edmond Thomas

Contact Email: ii4628182@gmail.com

You are to contact the office above for the compensation of your overdue payment that has been held by the past government.

Yours Faithful,

Paul Fraiser

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