419 scam: Edwin Clark <hagabenjaminconsultant@gmail.com> Hello, I am Mr. Edwin Clark, Personal attorney to late relative, a<br> national of

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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.
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: Edwin Clark <hagabenjaminconsultant@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mr.edwinclark@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 13 Aug 2021 16:29:04 +0000
Subject: Hello, I am Mr. Edwin Clark, Personal attorney to late relative, a
national of your country who died as a result of car accident with his entire
family here in my country Republic of Togo in West Africa and after all
investigation even with the relevant embassy has yielded no results showing
that there is no living next of kin and you bear the same last name with my
late client that's why i am contacting you. Get back to me for more details. Edwin.

Hello,

I am Mr. Edwin Clark, Personal attorney to late relative, a national
of your country who died as a result of car accident with his entire
family here in my country Republic of Togo in West Africa and after
all investigation even with the relevant embassy has yielded no
results showing that there is no living next of kin and you bear the
same last name with my late client that's why i am contacting you.

Get back to me for more details.

Edwin.

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