419 scam: "Mr. Agshin Mehdiyev."<223@shawcable.com> Dear Scam Victim

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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:
- "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.
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.
- mr.faroukhassan01@yahoo.com.tw (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Agshin Mehdiyev." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <agshin002@outlook.com>
Date: Wed, 21 May 2014 16:37:49 -0700
Subject: Dear Scam Victim

Dear Scam Victim

After the UNITED NATION meeting held at ABUJA Today the federal capital territory (FCT) of Nigeria Republic about the scam

activities going on in Federal Republic of Nigeria the Federal Government approved to refund back all the monies spent in the

past to scammer that has not been accounted for by paying 100 Nigerian federal Republic scam victims US$1 Million each

through NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATION OF NIGERIA (NICON) for easy transfer of your fund without any further delay so it is

left for you to comply with the following instructions and the information needed for the remittance of your fund into your

account.

Note that below is the information required for the payment into your account.

Your Full Name...

Your Country.

Your City

Home address

Your Telephone Number

Cell Number

The Amount You Lost.....

Bank Name.....

Bank Account Number.......

Bank Address....

Switch Code....

Routing Number....

Occupation...

We urge you to contact MR.FAROUK HASSAN of NATIONAL INSURANCE CORPORATION OF NIGERIA (NICON) on this email address:

(mr.faroukhassan01@yahoo.com.tw) and act fast because you have one week to have your fund into your account because failure

to supply the following details will result the cancellation of your scam victim compensation fund.

Yours Sincerely,

Mr. Agshin Mehdiyev.

President, UN Security Council.

www.un.org

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