419 scam: peter comins <petercomins@yahoo.com.mx> personal message.

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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:
- "foreign exchange" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin 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.
- +447035944635 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: peter comins <petercomins@yahoo.com.mx>
Reply-To: peter_comins2005@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 2010 09:06:14 -0700 (PDT)
Subject: personal message.

Bank Of Scotland
P.O.Box No.5
The Mound Edinburgh
EH1 1YZ.

Goodday Sir,

I am Mr.Peter Comin of the above mentioned bank in Scotland.I'm a chartered accountant by training and the auditor general,Bank Of Scotland,there is an account opened in this bank in 1995 and the owner of the said account was late Mr.Andrean schranner, a German,who died in July 2000 in a plane crash with his entire family,without relatives nor next of kin to stand as a claim/beneficiary to this man's fund,and the amount involve is (£45 .000. 000.00) fourty five million GBP. For more information about the crash visit this site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm) No other person/persons know about this account or any thing concerning it, the account has no other beneficiary and my investigation proved to me as well that his company does not know anything about this account. Iam only contacting you as a foreigner because this money cannot be approved to a local account here, but can only be approved to any foreign account because the
money is in (foreign currency) and the original owner of the account, Mr.Andrean schranner,was a foreigner. I am contacting you because of the need to involve a foreign beneficiary,I want you to stand as the beneficiary of this fund,I will use my position and influence to effect legal approvals and onward transfer of this money into your account with appropriate clearance forms of the ministries and foreign exchange departments.I will tell you the next step to follow as soon as I hear from you.

Yours Sincerely,
Mr.Peter Comins.
Mobile:+447035944635.

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