419 scam: Gerald Neil <pilkoira@prakash.com> TESTIMONY

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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:

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.
- senatordavidmark123456@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Gerald Neil <pilkoira@prakash.com>
Reply-To: Gerald Neil <geraldneil51@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 31 Mar 2017 18:58:16 +0530 (IST)
Subject: TESTIMONY

Hi,

Please do not be surprise to receive this mail.I am very happy and excited that I wish to share this good news with you so that you too can be happy and excited like me after several attempts.

I am happy to inform you that I have finally received my funds.Out of excitement I feel I should write you so that you can as well receive your fund because in the process of attending to me,I came across your name and contact email address as a beneficiary who is yet to receive his fund.

I know you may be doubting the man in charge (Senator David Mark, senatordavidmark123456@yahoo.com) whether its true or not,like I doubted initially.But I am here to confirm to you its very very true because I have received my fund.Please do not relent,follow his instruction and do what he ask you to do.You will definitely receive your fund as I did receive my fund after several attempts.

You know the mind is very deceitful,you may still think may be I am here to cajole you.No,I am not writing you to cajole you but to let you know how excited I am and also to tell you that you too can be excited like me if you can follow his instruction as I did that made me receive my fund.

To crown it all,I attached my driving license in this mail so that you know who I am and can further contact me for further clarifications if need be.But my advice is you contact the man in charge Senator David Mark via his email: senatordavidmark123456@yahoo.com

This is great opportunity you will ever regret if you do not act now.

Regards,
Gerald Neil

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