419 scam: kodji kokou <ojohn2297@gmail.com> (no subject)

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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.
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.
- kodjikokou09@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: kodji kokou <ojohn2297@gmail.com>
Reply-To: kodjikokou09@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Feb 2022 12:00:56 +0000
Subject:

De Wereldbank en de Wereldgezondheidsorganisatie (WHO) hebben in
samenwerking met haar moederorganisatie, de Economische en Sociale
Raad van de Verenigde Naties (ECOSOC), dit kantoor de opdracht gegeven
om ijverig de COVID-19-palliatieve / uitkering uit te betalen die is
uitgestippeld om (u), getroffen personen te helpen door de economische
ineenstorting die het virus heeft veroorzaakt.

We zijn zeer verheugd u te kunnen meedelen dat u bent gekozen uit 750
kandidaten om te profiteren van een bedrag van $ 550,000.00
(vijfhonderdvijftigduizend dollar). De Wereldbank heeft er in
samenwerking met Union Togolaise Bank en het Internationaal Monetair
Fonds (IMF) voor gekozen om alle onbetaalde COVID-19-hulpfondsen uit
te betalen aan 750 begunstigden over de hele wereld.

Uw COVID-19-voordeel van ($ 550.000,00) Vijfhonderdvijftigduizend
Amerikaanse dollars is klaar voor uitbetaling, de betalingsmethode is
via Union Togolaise Bank (UTB) Visa Prepaid Cards-account die via
Courier naar u wordt verzonden, en u kunt alleen opnemen maximaal $
2500 per dag totdat het volledige geld volledig is opgenomen. Neem
contact met mij op via deze e-mails (kodjikokou09@gmail.com)

Hartelijke groeten,

kodji kokou

Union Togolaise Bank

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