419 scam: "Mrs.Esther Bessey" <jaffymarcel3@gmail.com> YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED!!!

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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:
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
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.
- lineoffice64@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs.Esther Bessey" <jaffymarcel3@gmail.com>
Reply-To: lineoffice64@gmail.com
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2023 15:21:05 -0700
Subject: YOUR ATTENTION IS NEEDED!!!

Attention My Dear Beneficiary!

How are you today as well as your family? The board of (I.M.F)
international monitoring program Funds United States and Federal
Ministry of Finance are here for your special notice.This e-mail has
been issued to you in order to official inform you that we have
completed an investigation on an International Payment in which was
issued to you by an International Lottery Company. With the help of
our newly developed technology (International Monitoring Network
System) we discovered that your e-mail address was automatically
selected by an Online Balloting System, this has legally won you the
sum of (US$5.5M) from a Lottery Company. During our investigation we
discovered that your e-mail won the money from an Online Balloting
System and we have authorized this winning to be paid to you through
ATM CREDIT MASTER CARD, it is under control of Rev. Frank Edward,

The money gram General Manager and I told him that you will contact
him with your
full information where he will be delivery your ATM Card to you, and the card
will be paying you on daily basis at rate of US$4000.00 per a day
until the total sum of US$5.500, 000.00 M is completely received by you.
Note: that you can only be required to pay them sum of $100.00 only for
their deliverying charge fee before they will start sending your ATM
Card to you with immediate effect. My dear please make sure you comply for
your ATM Card shall be delivery to your designated address. But remember
that after ( four 4 days) if you did not make the payment then we will
divert your funds Government Fund, to avoid problem or we will cancel
the delivery as for now until next year because this year is not like
last year. So, contact the Rev Frank Edward with below information
listed and co-operate in good manner with him to enable the bank help
you out get your wining fund.

Contact Person: Rev.Frank Edward.
contact email: lineoffice64@gmail.com

These are the information you have to fill and send to them.
Full Name.............
Country..............
City................
Occupation........
Age.................
Phone number.......
Copy of your ID..........

Do contact them today with above required information so that they
will be able to start sending your daily payment to you with your
correct address . Hope to hear from you as soon as you got all your
total funds of $5.5m from the money gram department.

Thanks for your patience.
Mrs.Esther Bessey.
IMF/Debt Payment Approval & Quality Service Unit

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