419 scam: "ROBERT SWAN MUELLER III"<lroverton@windstream.net> Greetings.

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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.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348070661833 (Nigeria, prepaid mobile phone)

Fraud email example:

From: "ROBERT SWAN MUELLER III" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <frankolisehfirm@uk2.net>
Date: Sun, 21 Jun 2009 14:58:02 +0100
Subject: Greetings.

Attention: Sir/Madam.
This is to Inform you that ATM Gold smart Card Number: 5428 0500 1100 4432 worth $2.5milion has been accredited to your favor, contact Mr. Frank Oliseh,
on frankolisehfirm@live.com Tel: +234-80-7066-1833 or 011-234-80-7066-1833 with the following information below.

1,Your full Name
2.Phone and fax number
3.Delivery address where you want the card to be sent to.
4, Age, Sex and Occupation.
5. Your Nexk of Kin
Bear in mind that you will be responsible for the handling and shipment charges of your Gold Smart card to your choice location. This is a mandatory fee and must be paid before the commencement of your ATM card to your designated home address, once the fees is being paid you will receive your ATM card within the next 2-3 working days.
Note: Initially, deduction was been made from beneficiaries fund but a law was put in place to stop deduction, immediately we discovered that some governenment official make over deduction from beneficiaries fund, hence the era of deduction was abolished.

Regards
Customer Unit
Citibank Groups Nigeria

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