419 scam: "Missionary Monique Janssens" <fffff@gmail.com> From Missionary Monique Janssens

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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:
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- "await your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Missionary Monique Janssens" <fffff@gmail.com>
Reply-To: privatemail041@yandex.com
Date: Thu, 28 Sep 2023 14:48:47 -0700
Subject: From Missionary Monique Janssens

Hello Beloved,

I am Monique Janssens, a Missionary formerly with Saints Peter and Paul Cat=
holic Church, North Beach/Telegraph Hill 666 Filbert St San Francisco, CA 9=
4133 USA. I have the Sum of US$5,325,000 in a bank here in America before I=
was diagnosed with cancer of the blood and according to my doctors I will =
not survive this Sickness that I have only few weeks more to live.

So I want you to help me stand as my next of kin to enable the bank Transfe=
r this US$5,325,000 to you But note that you will take US$3,325,000 out of =
this US$5,325,000 and give the remaining US$2,000,000 to any Charity Home h=
ere in United States, Europe, Africa, Canada and Asia because that was the =
vow I made to my God Almighty before I became a Missionary.

I want you to get back to me immediately if you are interested in standing =
as my Next of Kin So that I can introduce you to my Lawyer, Bank and direct=
you on how to proceed before I pass away in this world because I have only=
a few weeks to live according to my Doctor.

Please assure me that you will act accordingly as I stated herein and Keep =
this contact confidential till such a time these funds get to your Custody =
this is to ensure that nothing jeopardizes my last wish on Earth.

I await your urgent response.

Thank you,

Missionary Monique Janssens.
Saints Peter and Paul Church

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