419 scam: "urgentmatters@mail.ru" <infoweb207@singnet.com.sg> SINCERE COMPENSATION!!

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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:

An email address listed inside this email has been used in a known fraud before.
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 friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +22996344468 (Benin, probably a prepaid mobile phone)
This email lists free webmail addresses. Use of such addresses is typical for scams. Lotteries, banks and any but the smallest of companies do not normally use such addresses. Criminals use them to anonymously send and receive email at Internet cafes.
- urgentmatters546@safe-mail.net (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "urgentmatters@mail.ru" <infoweb207@singnet.com.sg>
Reply-To: mini_finance@safe-mail.net
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 04:24:36 +0800 (SGT)
Subject: SINCERE COMPENSATION!!

SINCERE COMPENSATION!!

Dear Friend,

I'm happy to inform you about my success in
getting the fund transferred to a Swiss
Account with the cooperation of a new partner
from Paraguay who is an international
business man.

Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment
projects with my own share of the total sum.
Meanwhile, I did not forget your past efforts
and attempts to assist me in transferring
those funds despite that it failed us some how.

Now contact my secretary, her contact is:

Name: Miss. Pat U.Iheka
Email: urgentmatters546@safe-mail.net
Tel: +229 963 44468

Ask her to send you the total $850.000.00
(Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand US Dollars)
which I kept for your compensation for all
the past efforts and attempts to assist me in
this matter. I appreciated your efforts at
that time very much. So feel free and get in
touched with my secretary Miss. Pat U.Iheka
and instruct her where to send the draft to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive
it so that we can share the joy after all the
stress at that time. In the moment, I am very
busy here because of the investment projects
which I and the new partner are having at hand.

Finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to my secretary on your behalf to
receive that money, so feel free to get in
touch with Miss. Pat U.Iheka and she will
send the bank draft to you without any delay.

With best regards,

Rev. William Moses

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