419 scam: "DR. DANNY BRAYAN" <secretayleo@gmail.com> PLEASE CHECK AND REVERT BACK

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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.
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.
- danny.bryan@mail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "DR. DANNY BRAYAN" <secretayleo@gmail.com>
Reply-To: danny.bryan@mail.com
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2023 23:23:45 -0700
Subject: PLEASE CHECK AND REVERT BACK

OFFICE OF FOREIGN ACCESS CONTROL
500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW-Annex,
Washington, D.C. 20220 (202) 622 USA

Attn:

Good day we due respect, we have received and acknowledge payment
instruction from African Development Bank in respect of the amount
value $8.5million which was held in the bank for the past years before
the OFFICE OF FOREIGN ACCESS CONTROL here in USA mandated to take
effect of release of the fund into your account through our respective
bank here in USA,

But: we will not move forward to the process of releasing the fund
until we hear from you and advice us on how the fund will be
transferred to you without waste much time again,remember that
everything is depend on action and fast to respond to this message so
that we will proceed immediately:

Finally:Your fund value $8.5miilion will not stay longer than the
period the government mandate us to release the fund into your account
or we return back to Federal Treasury Account:

We expect your urgent response to this message:
Thanks

Yours Faithfully

Mr. DANNY BRYAN,
Email: danny.bryan@mail.com

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