419 scam: Carole Berlin <caroleberlin@bellsouth.net> Attention:Beneficiary ,

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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: Carole Berlin <caroleberlin@bellsouth.net>
Reply-To: caroleberlin1@gmail.com
Date: Fri, 28 May 2010 02:57:43 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: Attention:Beneficiary ,

Attention:Beneficiary ,

I Am Dr Carole Berlin, Foreign Remittance Director (RBS) I decided to contact you because of the prevailing security report reaching my office and the intense nature of policy in Nigeria .

My mail to you today is about your Contract/ Inheritance payment, and your contract file was brought from Minister of Finance (FMF), Federal Republic of Nigeria (FRN) to my office hare in London because of the fraud going on in Nigeria for the final transfer of your contract payment amount in question.

Meanwhile, your contract payment have been approved for transfer but before we will transfer your funds, I will like to inform you that you will get first payment of $500,00 dollars and it will come through A.T.M card payment,So lets have your mailing address where you will want youâ€™re A.T.M card to be delivered to your door step.

To avoid delay on this please reconfirm to us your mailing address and telephone number for immediate action on you contract sum release.

On behalf of United Kingdom we duly apologies for your ugly experience in the past in the hands of scammers.

Thank you.

Best Regards,

Dr Carole Berlin.

Foreign Remittance Director,

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