419 scam: "Intercontinental Security and Delivery Company"<robet_benard@hotmail.com> Your quick response will be highly appreciated.

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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 united states 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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: "Intercontinental Security and Delivery Company" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <chrisjacobdr@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Tue, 25 May 2010 10:34:41 +0200
Subject: Your quick response will be highly appreciated.

From:Mr.Chris Jacob,

Manchester M27 5FX,

United kingdom,

Fund Owner, this is to inform you that your funds of Ten Million United

States Dollars (US$10,000,000.00) has been approved for immediate delivery

to you but we must say we are very sorry for the delay of this fund here in our office here in London.

For the purpose of clarification, you are advised to reconfirm your Full

Name, Direct Telephone Number, Physical Address with Zip Code so that there

will be no error during the delivery of the funds to you in your country of

residence.

Your quick response will be highly appreciated.

Mr.Chris Jacob

Operational Manager,

Intercontinental Security and Delivery Company,

United Kingdom.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam