419 scam: Dr Mathew Wright <mathew@yahoo.com> Reply now

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- personalonly@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Dr Mathew Wright <mathew@yahoo.com>
Reply-To: personalonly@hotmail.com
Date: Fri, 16 Jul 2010 04:21:42 +0800
Subject: Reply now

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Dr Mathew Wright
Oakhill house,130 Tonbridge,
Hildenborough. Kent TN119DZ,
United Kingdom.

Greetings to you,
Please after reading this mail and you are interested in what I have to say
please reply to my personal email address (personalonly@hotmail.com)

I am Dr Mathew Wright, My main reason for contacting you is for us to transact
a business together which i have already set in place waiting for a reliable
partner to finish it up, I have made $9.4m from the Investor's EMRCP and
hereby looking for someone to trust who will stand as an Investor to receive
the funds as Annual Investment Proceeds from United Kingdom, All documents to
back up the claims will be made available to you once this funds is ready to
be paid.

You will not be required to pay any upfront money because i have already made
arrangments with a financier that will finance this transaction from begining
to the final stage, I have worked out the strategies and technicalities
whereby the funds can be claimed in any of our 6 Clearing Houses without any
hitches. Our sharing ratio will be 40 for you and 60 for me, Should incase you
are interested, Please email me your name, address etc, for further details.

Since I cannot determine if this email is still functional and also your
willingness to Cooperate with me; I have kept this proposal brief. If you are
interested in this proposal, please respond to enable us proceed with this
transaction, your expedient response will be appreciated as I look forward to
hearing from you soonest. Please send all email correspondence to my personal
email address. Please reply this mail to: (personalonly@hotmail.com)

Sincerely,
Dr Mathew Wright
Oakhill house, 130 Tonbridge,
Hildenborough. Kent TN119DZ,
United Kingdom.

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