419 scam: "Lerato Patels" <c@bonobono.com> I NEED YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE

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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:
- "million dollars" (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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Lerato Patels" <c@bonobono.com>
Reply-To: lizzyameemail@gmail.com
Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2023 19:00:25 -0800
Subject: I NEED YOUR ATTENTION PLEASE

Hello Dear,

I am Lerato Patels, I am the foster daughter of Mrs. Elizbeth Patels, the owner of Hope and Care Humanitarian organization.

My foster mother who owns the Humanitarian home, is seriously sick and hospitalized. You can check us out through our website.

I am 17 years old with little experience in handling a big humanitarian
Organization like this one, hence we are have decided to close the home down and hand over everything to someone who has the intention or who is in the business of helping humanity.

We have over FOUR MILLIONS FIVE HUNDRED THOUSAND DOLLARS
(4.5 Million Dollars) in our bank account being donations made by different donors. We also intend to sell off the land and the humanitarian home and all the proceeds will be channelled towards helping humanity. We do not have the intention of keeping this money and the property, because it was donated for a particular purpose and my mother intends to hand it over to someone else that will use it for the same purpose.

You can choose to take over the running of our humanitarian home, or you can let us donate the money to you and your foundation for the same purpose.

If you are interested or think you can do this, let us know so we can schedule a zoom meeting or you can visit us so we can discuss properly.

Donâ€™t have doubt, contact us so we share all the details with you and to also know you better, we want to hand the whole over to someone we can trust

We wait to hear from you
Your sincerely
Lerato Patels
Help and Care Humanitarian Organization.
Note: Reply only to:

Lerato.patels@proton.me

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