419 scam: FBI <only4adamjohnson@gmail.com> ATTENTION: 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:

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.

Fraud email example:

From: FBI <only4adamjohnson@gmail.com>
Reply-To: alexander_herman@outlook.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2022 08:24:17 -0700
Subject: ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY

Attention

My Name is Alexander Herman Chief Inspector, African command on
Interpol Fraud Investigating Unit, i am mailing after much
investigation we found out that you are among those whose many scam
artist contact in the name of business tycoon, lawyers, offices and
companies of all type demanding an upfront payment from you before
anything can be done for you to receive your funds.

They have told you series of endless sweet stories to enable you to
trust them and give them all information about yourself and then they
can be able to take all your heart effort in life. i am glad that
finally the UN and the world at large these con artist and right now
we have been tracking these scammers for some time and had some of
their properties confiscated and here we worked with the Nigerian
economical and financial crime commission EFCC to uncover 9 con scam
artist and had their properties seized. view these link (
https://www.vanguardngr.com/2018/12/efcc-arrests-9-internet-fraudsters-in-abuja/
).

There is an amount which the UN council has decided to pay you back
with, the total sum is valued at $500.000( Five Hundred Thousand
Dollars only).

NB: You are to provide your address and telephone numbers so i can
reach you and then discuss on how the money will be sent to you.

Your reply to us is very important.
Thank you for your cooperation.
Yours faithfully,
Mr Alexander Herman

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