419 scam: Europa Securities <europiantrust.sec@att.net> Re;Urgent---Hope You Understand?.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "huge deposit" (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)
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "diplomatic courier" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "europatrust@turk.tc" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- +447045774951 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: Europa Securities <europiantrust.sec@att.net>
Reply-To: europatrust@turk.tc
Date: Tue, 18 May 2010 07:15:08 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Re;Urgent---Hope You Understand?.

>From Office Of The Project Director
Europa Trust Security and diplomatic courier Company PLC London,
80 FORE STREET EDMONTON N18 2XH LONDON
Tel+44-70-4577-4951
Fax--+44-700-5964-681

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Frank Adams the Project Director Europa Trust Security and diplomatic courier Company PLC London, I seek your assistance for respect of a foreign customer that deposit consignment with our company,code: XXMD-908-14-255-114, on Tuesday, August 24, 2004 in the Siberia Airlines Tu-154 Crash.

Further enquiries visit the website below: //
www.rumormillnews.com/cgi-bin/archive.cgi?read=54591

Mr.Kamochkin Sergey is from Denmark and a member VB/Research http://www.vbresearch.com of multinational business and privately owned proprietary deal intelligence before he died.

He deposited a consignmment here in our company and i have waited for long no one comes up to claim it for six years now.I only need your assistance to move the consignment before our company get the funds/consignment Confiscated or declared unserviceable by our Company where this Huge deposits was for an investment reasons by the deceased.

Please note that this will be done in a legal manner as I will try and obtain all the legal documents to back you up in this deal as the next of kin ,This is a deal and we are to share in ratio of 50/50

Please contact me more for details through my email ( europatrust@turk.tc ) if you are interested, send me an email so I can give you the full details also copy of deposit certificate which is in my possession right now.

I wait for your urgent response then i will give you my identification and the deposit certificate for your perusals.

Best regards,

Mr.Frank Adams
Project Director
Europa Trust Security and diplomatic courier Company Plc.
Tel--+44-7045774951
Fax--+44-700-5964-681

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