419 scam: HURBERT WANDY <herbert.wandy@btinternet.com> Greetings from me and my younger sister,

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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 orphan scam.

Fraud email example:

From: HURBERT WANDY <herbert.wandy@btinternet.com>
Reply-To: hurbert_wandy1@voila.fr
Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2010 07:38:12 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Greetings from me and my younger sister,

Greetings from me and my younger sister,

I am Hurbert Wandy 22 years and my Younger Sister MonaWandy 19 years, it is my pleasure to contact you for a business venture which I and my sister, intend to establish in your country. Though we have not meet you before but I believed, one has to risk confiding in succeed sometimes in life. There is this huge amount of ($2.800.000) dollars which my late father deposited with one of the international bank here before he was assassinated by unknown persons.
Now I and my sister decided to invest this money in your country or anywhere safe enough outside my country for security and political reasons. I want you to help us to receive this fund from the bank into your personal account in your country for investment purposes on these areas: 1). Telecommunication 2). Transport Company 3). Hotel investment, or any investment that you know very well that can help our future life with this money.
If you can be of an assistance to us, we will be pleased to offer to you 15% of the total fund after the transfer is completed.
God Bless you
Hurbert.

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