419 scam: "Mr. Peter Green"<lottaviano@cox.net> INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)

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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.
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)
- "barrister" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- barpetergreen121@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Peter Green" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <bpetergreen55@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 29 Apr 2014 19:30:07 +0100
Subject: INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)

(INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT)
YOUR TRANSFER BY INSTALLMENT ACCEPTED BY THE BANK

Attention:

Having understood your unstable situation, we The United Nations have begged the Bank to accept payment by bite by bit e on your behalf, to enable our beneficiaries receive their payment that we may reconcile with all countries of the world. We understood your situation as someone who has suffered a lot to get his or her fund into your bank account, well all is over now because you can receive a smaller amount and use it to finalize the total amount you are supposed to receive.

As matter of urgency we want you to write to the Barrister and request that you want the money to be transferred to your account by installments to enable him forward all the documents to the paying bank, so that once the first payments enters into your account you can then use money from there to facilitate the transfer of the rest, once the first installments enters Into your bank account that will equally give you another opportunity to do a test-transfer and withdrawal from your account to master Federal Reserve Online transfer procedure.

*Suggestions:*

So If 50% of $1000 is equal to = $500 By calculations:THen if $1000 can handle US$1 Million Dollars $500 can also comfortably transfer the sum of US$500,000 Once the $500,000 is successfully transferred, you can withdraw money from there to handle the transfer of your US$7.5M. which is the amount due for you to receive for now.

SO KINDLY Write me immediately and tell them how much you have with you right now so that the Bank can calculate it and tell you how much you may receive as first payments-by installments, Do not be shy to indicate the amount you have in hands no matter how small it is ok and no proper-amount is so small to trigger installments-payment base on our discussion with the Bank) so that the first payment will move to your account for you to confirm the existence of the fund before your proceed for the balance.

Attorney's E-mail Address: barpetergreen121@gmail.com

Congratulations!

Mr. Peter Green
United Nations House, 617/618.
Diplomatic Zone,
Central Area District,
Federal Capital Territory,
Abuja,

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