419 scam: Paul Mello <abubakarsuleiman2440@gmail.com> HELLO DEARST ONE

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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: Paul Mello <abubakarsuleiman2440@gmail.com>
Reply-To: paulmello583@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Mar 2023 07:39:35 -0700
Subject: HELLO DEARST ONE

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Good day,
my name is Paul Mello, from FedEx delivery company here is the reason
I contacting you, to confirm weather the owner of this funds is dead
or alive, last week One Mr Frank S. Anderson claimed that he is your
next of king and he is willing to pay the security fee, so he will
claim
the competition funds which is $48.2 millions USD he said you died
on a car accident last month, please I need to confirm this from you
and if I don't get reply from you in two days I will know that he's
saying the truth and I will process the documents of the compensation
funds to his name and deliver the funds to him thank you,
So if you are still alive get back to me with your full information such as.
Your name :..............................
Home address:........................
ID card:.....................................
Occupation:.............................
E-mail address:........................
States:......................................
City:...........................................
and if you are still alive we are going to make sure that we get him arrested
for lying to us for what he's not sure about
Your's Sincerely

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