419 scam: "Mr. Richard Stephen" <nori@tarumi-church.or.jp> Attention Beneficiary

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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: "Mr. Richard Stephen" <nori@tarumi-church.or.jp>
Reply-To: privacyrichardstephen@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 27 May 2023 14:41:00 +0900
Subject: Attention Beneficiary

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Attention Dear:

I want to inform you that your ATM CARD file was brought
to my office on Friday for me to cancel your funds because the
Director of the Transfer bank here
in US said that I should divert your ATM CARD to the Government Treasury
account just because you can not pay for the fee of your ATM CARD which
is $350.00 USD only before you start receiving your funds, in his
words, he said that you abandon your ATM CARD for some time now without
hearing from you, but my spirit did not allow me to cancel your funds
because I know the value and the important of what you are about

Thank you and God bless you. send this bitcoin, iTunes, steam
wallet,Apple card ,Amazon card OF $350.00 as soon as possible today

I told the Director of the bank to wait
until I heard from you today and I will know the reason you rejected
such amount of $36.5Million Thousand United States
Dollars ($36.5Million) which I know it can be able to change
your life for good just because of $350.00 USD only

Mr Richard Stephen

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