419 scam: Lesley Jones <drlesleyjones3@gmail.com> COMPENSATION PAYMENT

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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:
- "million 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Lesley Jones <drlesleyjones3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: cbarrjones2@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 9 Oct 2022 07:00:29 +0100
Subject: COMPENSATION PAYMENT

Hi,

Good day. We are looking for a certain person who owns the email
address I contacted you with. If the email address is yours then you
are the one, we have been looking for all these while. We are glad to
bring this news to you. IMF in conjunction with European Union met and
agreed that a Vault office should be used to compensate all scammed
victims and your compensation Amount is $1,000,000 (One million United
States dollar) as you are among the persons who is to be compensated.
Twenty one (21) bank and government officials have been arrested
worldwide so far and arrest is still going on. We have recovered the
total sum of 13.4 Million United States dollars from the scam
syndicates in both cash and assets confirmed to have come from their
victims. Email addresses of victims (which include yours) have also
been recovered from their address books. It is at this juncture that
we are contacting you because you are now listed as one of the
beneficiaries of the I.M.F compensation payment. You are hereby warned
not to communicate or duplicate this message to any of the scam
syndicates for any reason whatsoever as the Interpol is already on
trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all
apprehended. Other victims who have not been contacted can submit
their application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration.
Sorry if you received this mail in your spam folder, is due to recent
connection error from the service provider. Waiting for your response
urgently for more details on how to receive these funds without any
problem.

Regards
Lesley Jones
Head, IMF/EUROPEAN UNION coordinator.
London,United Kingdom

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