419 scam: "Howard Shiplee"<howardshiplee@yahoo.co.uk> Hopeing to work with you

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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.
- +447045790696 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- howardshiplee@london.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Howard Shiplee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <howardshiplee@london.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Mar 2013 15:37:32 -0600
Subject: Hopeing to work with you

I am Dr. Howard Shiplee, regional director for Laing O’Rourke's Construction. We have with us the Minister of Public Works and infrastructure on a contract for the London OLYMPICS and have executed several Jobs for the Government of United Kingdom worth over £2billion Pounds. After due deliberation with my partners, I have been obliged to contact you for your assistance in standing as a beneficiary to the sum of £59.140M Fifty Nine Million, One Hundred and Forty Thousand British Pounds Sterling.

This fund emanated as a result of an over-invoiced contract which we have executed with the 2012 London Organizing Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG). We are seeking for your consent to present you as the sub-contractor for the mentioned sum of £17,140,000.00. We shall make available all necessary documentations that will be filed for the payment, so you have absolutely nothing to worry about.

Please, I do not need to remind you of the need for absolute Confidentiality if this transaction must succeed and for the reputation of the people concerned, Kindly get back to me on receipt of this message to enable me furnish you more information on the transaction . This transaction will be completed within 21 banking days from today as all modalities has been in place to effect the payment, you shall be guided accordingly throughout the process till the funds are released to you. We shall make you a reasonable offer for accepting this proposal, this we shall discuss on receipt of your email showing your interest.

I can be reached on telephone number: +44-704-579-0696
and my private email is :howardshiplee@london.com

Looking forward to reading from you soon .

Yours faithfully,

Howard Shiplee. (PHD)

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