419 scam: Luis Donald <farmaciaponzio@alice.it> Contact for Your ATM Visa Card

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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 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.
- transfer.office@laposte.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Luis Donald <farmaciaponzio@alice.it>
Reply-To: transfer.office@laposte.net
Date: Tue, 10 Dec 2013 12:45:16 +0100 (CET)
Subject: Contact for Your ATM Visa Card

I was eventually able to get the funds transferred with the assistance of a
friend from Cambodia where I have traveled to on investment mission as
agreed with the friend that assisted me and will be there for a long
time.However,I did not forget your efforts at assisting me and have dropped
a VISA ATM Cash/Debit card with an e-card payment centre programmed with the
sum of
US$970,000.00 as compensation for your earlier assistance after several
attempts to contact you had failed.This is my last effort at reaching you
and if you are lucky to get this mail,please contact the payment centre with
your identification including your delivery address to enable immediate
dispatch
of the card to you.The contact details:Mr.Larry Tanko, Regional Director,
Email:transfer.office@laposte.net
Yours sincerely,
Dr. Luis Donald

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