419 scam: "Mail."<test@imsbiz.com> YOU MAIL.

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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 british pounds" (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)
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
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.
- grigorygibbs@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mail." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <grigory.gibbs@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2015 06:13:39 +0800
Subject: YOU MAIL.

Hello,

My name is Grigory Gibbs Equity Research Analyst at UBS investment bank London. I have decided to seek a confidential co-operation with you in the execution of the deal described here-under for our both mutual benefit and

I hope you will keep it a top secret because of the nature of the transaction, During the course of our bank year auditing, I discovered an unclaimed/abandoned fund, sum total of {GBP £25 Million British Pounds Sterling} in the bank account that belongs to a Mexican businessman Who unfortunately lost his life and entire family in a plane

crash.

Get back to me for more details through my email address: grigorygibbs@gmail.com so we commence this transaction immediately.

Best regards,

Grigory Gibbs

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