419 scam: Stanley Howard <willadam283@gmail.com> Greetings to you,

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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: Stanley Howard <willadam283@gmail.com>
Reply-To: stanleyhoward35@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2023 02:24:29 +0400
Subject: Greetings to you,

Greetings to you,

I am Stanley Howard a Financial Consultant based in Arizona, United
states of America. I want to disclose and discuss this promising
transaction for the sum of $120M USD that I would like to execute with
you. I had a client, a Gold merchant who in March 2020 was diagnosed
with various ailments due to Covid infection. Unfortunately, he died
in April 2020 of COVID complications.

My client has no traceable next of kin and did not update his WILL
before his demise; therefore, none of his extended family is aware of
this particular deposit.

There is nothing to worry about; I shall provide you the deposit
documents and other appropriate legal backup documents as I intend a
business venture with you.

Kindly reply as soon as possible. I will need your full name, contact
addresses and Telephone number, occupation.

Stanley Howard

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