419 scam: "Mr Peter Brown" <infonew21@yahoo.com> read

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Peter Brown" <infonew21@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: info_highlight_update@yahoo.co.nz
Date: Tue, 4 Jan 2011 16:13:17 -0200 (BRST)
Subject: read

I am Mr Peter Brown , a fund manager with lloyds bank in London, I got your
info from the internet and something drew me to you, I think its destiny , I
will like you to partner with me in this once in lifetime business
opportunity. some years ago, i used an unclaimed fund in the bank to invest
in a high interest program with the Swiss bank many yrs ago and made
millions of us dollars from the program.I have stopped the program,
returned the capital back to the bank, but the profit i made running into
millions of us dollars is still in the the bank .I need somebody i will
name as the beneficiary of the money before i can move it out, so if you are
interested, we can work together, all you have to do is to get back to me
with your willingness to be part of the business,we get to know each other
better .you will provide me with a bank account where the fund Can be
transferred and i will do it.I Will give you 40% of the money and we can do
more business in the future.I am still working under secondment with lloyds
bank uk, I will need us to finish at once

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