419 scam: Federal Bureau Of Investigation <dacoterjohnson@gmail.com> Greetings 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:

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)
- "huge deposit" (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)
- "can i trust you?" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: Federal Bureau Of Investigation <dacoterjohnson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: jamescarlos17885@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 25 Aug 2022 03:15:16 -0700
Subject: Greetings dear friend!

Greetings dear friend!

There is a very good business opportunity and after much consideration on
this matter, I decided to contact you, an expatriate working in my country,
made a huge fixed deposit in our.Bank before his untimely death without any
registered next of kin designate to his account in our office, which has
automatically qualified his deposits for open beneficiary mandate, and I
seek your partnership for us to claim this money.

I desire your partnership for us to claim these deposit because the
deceased involved is from your region, which is an added advantage for us,
So I seek your good cooperation to pose as a beneficiary to the deceased by
way of supportive correspondence to our bank, for us to claim these huge
deposit of his in our office without any suspicion. I will guide you
professionally, but secretly on information that may be required of you
from our office in a most discreet manner for us to succeed in this
partnership for our mutual disbursement.

I will take care of the internal authentication aspects of the operation in
our office by updating your personal information about the deceased? data
profile in our office as the deceased? beneficiary to legalize this entire
operation. As the internal comptroller of the bank, we were supposed to
declare the deceased's deposit for profit sharing by next quarter before
this idea came to me. But the problem is can I trust you? Pls tell me.
Please if you are interested; do not hesitate to respond to this message
for more details on steps to follow, towards maximizing this great
opportunity to our personal financial benefit. I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,
Dr.Roland Oke

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