419 scam: "Mr Peter Fisher"<peterfisher_1@yahoo.fr> I Need Your Assistance

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "very confidential" (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 next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Peter Fisher" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peterfisher1978@yahoo.fr>
Date: Tue, 1 Sep 2009 05:54:45 -0700
Subject: I Need Your Assistance

ECO BANK PLC

10B IN UNIPETROL ESTATE,

VICTORIA ISLAND.LAGOS-NIGERIA.

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am a staff of Eco Bank of Nigeria.I am writing following an opportunity in my office that will be of immense benefit to both of us.

In my department we discovered an abandoned sum of $25.5million in an account that belongs to one of our foreign customers Late Mr.John Shumejda,an American residing at 61 Fairbanks, Alaska who unfortunately lost his life in the plane crash.

Late Mr.John Shumejda,who was the President of Agricultural Equipment Giant AGCO Corp, who perished on the 4th of January 2002 in a Plane Crash in Birmingham. See the website below:-

http://edition.cnn.com/2002/WORLD/europe/01/04/england.plane/

I seek your consent to present you as the next of kin /Will Beneficiary to the deceased so that this said funds can be paid to you.If you concur with this proposal, I intend for you to retain 30% of the funds while 70% shall be for me.

NOTE: I have never disclosed this to any person apart from you, so you have to keep this matter very confidential.

Please,provide me the following:

1. Full Name

2. Your Telephone Number

3. Your Contact Address

4. Your Age

5. Your Occupation

Waiting for your urgent response.

Best Regards,

Mr. Peter Fisher.

Director International Operations.

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