419 scam: Mr Louis Stewart <martialnoah20211@gmail.com> A.T.M

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "lome togo" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- charlottekeita53@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Mr Louis Stewart <martialnoah20211@gmail.com>
Reply-To: Charlottekeita53@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2023 10:39:56 +0200
Subject: A.T.M

Dear old friend ,

Good day my dear friend, how are you? Longest time. I'm happy to inform
you about my success in getting those inheritance funds transferred under
the cooperation of a new partner from my country. Presently i'm in INDIA for
investment projects with my own share of the total sum. meanwhile, i didn't
forget your past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring of those
inheritance funds despite that it failed us some how. Now contact my
secretary in Lome Togo west Africa, her name is Mrs Charlotte keita on her
email address ( Charlottekeita53@gmail.com) ask her to send you the total
of ($950,000.00), Nine hundred and fifthy thousand united states dollars
which i kept for your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to
assist me in the transaction. I appreciated your efforts by that time very
much. So feel free and contact my secretary Mrs.Charlotte and instruct her
where to send you ATM CARD of the total sum ($950,000.00). Please do let me
know immediately you receive it so that we can share the joy after all the
suffering at that time. In the moment, I'm very very busy here because of
the investment projects which i am having with my new partner at hand,
finally remember that I had forwarded instruction to my secretary on your
behalf to receive that ATM CARD of ($950,000.00) so feel free to get in
touch with Mrs Charlotte keita, she will send the amount to you without any
delay.

Best regards,

Mr.Louis Stewart

--
Lieber alter Freund,

Guten Tag mein lieber Freund, wie geht es dir? LÃ¤ngste Zeit. Ich
informiere gerne
Sie Ã¼ber meinen Erfolg bei der Ãœbertragung dieser Erbschaftsgelder
die Zusammenarbeit eines neuen Partners aus meinem Land. Derzeit bin
ich in INDIEN fÃ¼r
Investitionsvorhaben mit meinem eigenen Anteil an der Gesamtsumme.
Inzwischen habe ich nicht
vergiss deine bisherigen BemÃ¼hungen und Versuche, mir bei der
Ãœbertragung dieser zu helfen
Erbschaftsfonds, obwohl es uns irgendwie gescheitert ist. Nehmen Sie
jetzt Kontakt mit mir auf
SekretÃ¤rin in Lome Togo Westafrika, ihr Name ist Frau Charlotte keita auf ihr
E-Mail-Adresse (Charlottekeita53@gmail.com) bitten Sie sie, Ihnen den
Gesamtbetrag zu senden
von (950.000,00 $), neunhundertfÃ¼nfzigtausend US-Dollar
die ich fÃ¼r deine EntschÃ¤digung fÃ¼r all die bisherigen BemÃ¼hungen und
Versuche aufbewahrt habe
unterstÃ¼tzt mich bei der Transaktion. Ich habe Ihre BemÃ¼hungen damals
sehr geschÃ¤tzt
viel. Also zÃ¶gern Sie nicht und wenden Sie sich an meine SekretÃ¤rin
Frau Charlotte und beauftragen Sie sie
wohin Sie Ihre ATM-KARTE Ã¼ber die Gesamtsumme ($950.000,00) schicken
kÃ¶nnen. Bitte lassen Sie mich
wissen Sie sofort, dass Sie es erhalten, damit wir die Freude nach all
dem teilen kÃ¶nnen
Leiden in dieser Zeit. Im Moment bin ich hier sehr sehr beschÃ¤ftigt wegen
die investitionsprojekte, die ich mit meinem neuen partner an der hand habe,
Denken Sie endlich daran, dass ich Ihre Anweisung an meine SekretÃ¤rin
weitergeleitet hatte
Namen, um diese ATM-KARTE in HÃ¶he von ($950.000,00) zu erhalten, also
fÃ¼hlen Sie sich frei, einzusteigen
Wenden Sie sich an Frau Charlotte Keita, sie wird Ihnen den Betrag
ohne jeden Betrag zusenden
VerzÃ¶gerung.

Mit freundlichen GrÃ¼ÃŸen,

Herr Louis Stewart

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