419 scam: Regards <dom_kindonou@rozae.com> Attn: Honorable Contractor,

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: Regards <dom_kindonou@rozae.com>
Reply-To: domkindo_alter@megamail.pt
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 01:31:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Attn: Honorable Contractor,

Attn: Honorable Contractor,

Dear Sir,

RE: CHANGE OF ACCOUNT PARTICULARS ON YOUR CONTRACT FILE.

We the West African Clearing House do hereby send to you the information submitted by Mr. Edgar Vizcarra Pinedo from Peru, with an application to receive the contract payment valued at 10M USD on your behalf. Please as a matter of urgency, you are required to verify the following information and inform us if you are aware or know anything about this.

1. Did you instruct one Mr. Edgar Vizcarra Pinedo from Peru whose information's is below, to claim and receive the payment on your behalf?

2. Did you sign any "Deed of Assignment" in his favour thereby making him the current beneficiary with the following account details?

BANCO DE CREDITO DEL PERU . N° de cuenta
245-13992081-1-40, Código SWFT N° BCPLPEPL.

Finally, Sir, you are hereby advised to contact our payment attached officer with Oceanic Bank PLC (Mr. Val O. Ibru)
(info@oceanic-bank-plc.tk)with immediate effect, if you are the person that instructed Mr. Edgar Vizcarra Pinedo from Peru to come for the claim of these funds, to enable me endorse for the final payment approval order on his behalf.

We wait to hear from you soonest, and be rest assured of our professional service.

Yours Faithfully,
Dom Kindonou.
Telex Transfer Unit Dept. (CB/OB).

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