419 scam: "Mr. Jean Laurent Bonnafe" <mrssalemchantal@gmail.com> =?UTF-8?Q?Your=E2=80=99s

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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:
- "cotonou" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Jean Laurent Bonnafe" <mrssalemchantal@gmail.com>
Reply-To: mrjeanlaurentbonnafe22@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 9 Apr 2023 11:19:02 -0700
Subject: =?UTF-8?Q?Your=E2=80=99s_services?=

Attention:

Nations (UN) European Union (EU) & International Criminal Court (ICC). We
have been able to track down some scam artist in various parts of African
countries which includes (Nigeria, Ghana and Senegal, cote d'ivoire
Cotonou-Burkina Faso, South Korea and China.

They are all in Government custody now; they will appear at International
Criminal Court (ICC) soon for Justice. During the course of investigation,
they were able to recover some funds from these scam artists and IMF
organization have ordered the funds recovered to be shared among the 100
Lucky people listed around the World as a compensation.

This notice is been directed to you because your email address was found in
one of the scam Artists file and computer hard-disk while the
investigation, maybe you have been scammed.

You are therefore being compensated with sum of $ 1.2 Million Euros valid
into an (ATM Visa Card). Even if you are now dealing with these
non-official directors of the bank or any department always requesting
money from you, You should STOP your communication with them and forward
the details to our office so that we will help and recovered your fund
peacefully and illegally.

Since your email address is among the lucky beneficiaries who will receive
a compensation funds, we have arranged your payment to be paid to you
through ATM VISA CARD or Online banking account and deliver to your postal
address, as to enable you withdrawal maximum on each withdrawal from any
Bank ATM Machine of your choice, use online banking to transfer the fund to
your account of your choice until all the funds are exhausted.

The package is coming from Paris France.Donâ€™t forget to reconfirm your
following information.

1. Your Full Name:

2. Address Where You want us to Send Your ATM Card

3. Cell/Mobile Number

4. Copy of your passport

Yourâ€™s services

Mr. Jean Laurent Bonnafe

MINISTERE DES FINANCES

ET DE Lâ€™ECONOMIE (M.F.E)

PARIS FRANCE.

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