419 scam: "Mr. Joseph Brown" <koffipatrick306@gmail.com> Attn: Beneficiary

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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 "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- mrsestherjohnson101@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Joseph Brown" <koffipatrick306@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrsestherjohnson101@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 14 Sep 2022 04:22:03 -0700
Subject: Attn: Beneficiary

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Hello Dear,

I am very happy to inform you about my success in getting that fund
successfully transferred with the cooperation of a new partner from India,
And I am currently in India for investment projects with my own share of
the total funds. But meanwhile I didn't forget your past efforts and
attempts to help me transfer these funds some time ago, although it failed
us that time.

Now I would like you to contact my secretary, her name is Mrs Esther
Johnson and her email address is (mrsestherjohnson101@gmail.com), ask her
to send you the total amount of â‚¬2,500,000.00 I have kept for your
compensation for all your efforts in the past and attempts to assist me in
the transaction. I appreciated all of your efforts at that time, and that
is why I have decided to compensate you now.

Contact Mrs. Esther Johnson and instruct her how the amount should be sent
to you. Please let me know as soon as you have received the money so that
we can share the joy after all the suffering we went through back then.

At the moment I am very busy here in India because of the investment
projects that I and the new partner have on hand. Finally, remember that I
had forwarded the instruction to my secretary on your behalf for you to
receive this money, so please email her
(mrsestherjohnson101@gmail.com) and she will send you the funds promptly.

Kind regards
Mr. Joseph Brown

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