419 scam: "????Maria Smith" <ms3963009@gmail.com> Compliments of the day my dear friend

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand 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)
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.
- infoenquiry12@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "????Maria Smith" <ms3963009@gmail.com>
Reply-To: infoenquiry13@gmail.com
Date: Mon, 2 May 2022 19:13:35 +0200
Subject: Compliments of the day my dear friend

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Compliments of the day my dear friend
Your partnership is required urgently

I am Mrs.Maria Smith. The director of luggage/baggage storage Facilities
Operations, Maintenance, Transportation Airlines Operating Committee
(AOC)Togo Airport, I am contacting you regarding an approved cash
transfer,which are definitely going to be of mutual benefit to both of us,
can you assist me in safekeeping it because the initial person i arranged
with him to receive this fund became greedy.

One of our late client Mr. Abu-Mansa Muhammad Kieta Musa, who was a
popularly known independent contractor here in LomÃ© Togo. On 21 April
2015,he and his wife and only daughter were involved in an automobile
accident while visiting a neighboring country on vacation. I contacted you
to assist me in repatriating his fund valued (US$18.5m) Eighteen Million
Five Hundred Thousand United States Dollars; That was deposited in in
finance company into your account. I am compelled to do this because I
would not want the Finance company to push this funds (US$18.5m)into their
treasury as unclaimed inheritance..

1). Can you handle a financial project of exceeding US$18.5m? that was
deposited in a Finance Company here in Togo by Mr. Abu-Mansa Muhammad Kieta
Musa, an independent contractor, whose relatives I cannot get in touch
with.to front you as his official next of kin to the finance

2).Can I give you this financial trust as a trustee/stake holder.

Upon your response including your direct cellphone number/nationality and
contact details I shall then provide you with more details and relevant
information, please confirm the receipt of this message to my alternative
email address ( infoenquiry12@gmail.com ) for more details

I await your response Urgently.
From Mrs.Maria Smith

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