419 scam: "Mr. Bayford Adrian" <christophersmith0050@gmail.com> =?UTF-8?Q?=C4=8Cestitke_i_sretne_proslave

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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:
- "00,000.00" (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.
- bayfordadrian62@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Bayford Adrian" <christophersmith0050@gmail.com>
Reply-To: bayfordadrian62@gmail.com
Date: Tue, 12 Jul 2022 10:24:23 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?=C4=8Cestitke_i_sretne_proslave_unaprijed=2E?=

PoÅ¡tovani korisniÄe,

Ovo je sluÅ¾bena poruka upuÄ‡ena vama od gospodina i gospoÄ‘e Adrian
Bayford. Cijela moja porodica i ja smo dobrovoljno odluÄili da doniramo
ovo 6.800.000,00 USD (Å¡est miliona osamsto hiljada ameriÄkih dolara)
vama od naÅ¡e osvojene nagrade od Â£148,656,000 (Sto Äetrdeset
Osam miliona Å¡est stotina pedeset Å¡est hiljada funti). Ovo
$6,800,000.00USD koje ja i moja Å¾ena doniramo vama je dio naÅ¡eg
osvojio novÄanu nagradu za vas u naÅ¡im tekuÄ‡im donacijama za 2022.

Veoma ste sretni Å¡to ste dobili ovo bogatstvo od mene i moje cijele
porodice ove 2022. godine, a sve Å¡to treba da uradite je da nam se javite putem
moja divna supruga liÄno
email (bayfordadrian62@gmail.com) sa vaÅ¡im punim imenom i imenom
svoju zemlju kako biste mogli biti upuÄ‡eni na naÅ¡u banku koja plaÄ‡a
omoguÄ‡avaju vam da ih kontaktirate radi trenutne uplate.

Molimo Vas da to potvrdite tako Å¡to Ä‡ete posjetiti naÅ¡e pobjedniÄke
web stranice u nastavku;

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2187999/Will-148m-EuroMillions-
jackpot-winner-share-fortune-long-lost-half-brother-met.html

ÄŒestitke i sretne proslave unaprijed.

Bog te blagoslovio
Gospodin i gospoÄ‘a Adrian Bayford

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