419 scam: "Dukas Osmond" <TuesdaY30@w46m2hmoq.homepage.t-online.de> Re: Did You Get My 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:

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 us 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)
- "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)
- "hundred thousand us 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dukas Osmond" <TuesdaY30@w46m2hmoq.homepage.t-online.de>
Reply-To: <ducas_osmon3@megafastmail.com>
Date: Tue, 13 Oct 2009 10:33:35 -0700
Subject: Re: Did You Get My Mail?

RE:PAYMENT RELEASE ORDER FROM THE PRESIDENCY:

My name is Dr. Dukas Osmond. I'm the personal secretary to the new Minister of Finance; I'm directed to contact you by the Minister to urgently confirm from you if actually you know one Mrs. Emily Dawson who claims to be your business associate/ partner in Nigeria.

Furthermore the said Mrs. Emily Dawson is told us that you are dead and she will like to change all the Information's that you gave to us as our bonfire beneficiary. This development is coming now that the Ministry want to offset all outstanding payments to all our legal foreign beneficiaries' around the world and your payment file was included.

This are the information forwarded to my desks by Mrs. Emily Dawson of CANADA to re-route your payment into a new bank account number as stated (VACAP Credit Union, 1700 Robin Hood Road, Richmond, CA 23720. Account number 492453201. Routing number 85226456, Of Mrs. Dawson. The Sum of $15.3 Million US Dollars (Fifteen Million Three Hundred Thousand US Dollars).

As you may know, the total amount in your favor is a total sum of $15.3 Million Dollars.
We need to confirm from you urgently before the royal mail courier delivers to you and if it's really true that you are dead and if we did not hear from you it automatically means that you are actually dead and the information passed to us by Mrs. Emily Dawson is correct.

IT IS ALSO VERY IMPORTANT FOR YOU TO KNOW THAT YOU SHOULD FILL,SCAN AND SIGN THE ATTACHED FORM AND SEND IT BACK TO THIS OFFICE ASAP.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR ANTICIPATED COOPERATION. GOOD LUCK!

YOURS TRUELY,

Dr. Dukas Osmond
SECRETARY FMF.

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