419 scam: "Stratford Homes" <info@mercedes-benz.com> Note

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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:
- "info@swiftlink.vpost.co.uk" (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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Stratford Homes" <info@mercedes-benz.com> (may be fake)
Reply-To: info@swiftlink.vpost.co.uk
Date: Thu, 29 Jul 2010 03:05:21 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: Note

Dear Mr/Mrs,

In a bid to ease the living conditions of our fans/customers all over
the world in this dark period of economic crunch Where many companies
are closing and families have lost their homes and means of livelihood.

Mercedes-Benz.de in conjunction with Mercedes-Benz.co.uk and NL sends
you this mail with the aim of giving you the opportunity of becoming
a proud beneficiary of the 2010 charity promotions with a cash sum of
850,000:00GBP (Eight Hundred and Fifty Thousand Great British Pounds)
by being part of our online quiz competition.

If you have never had a Mercedes-Benz,this is your chance to benefit
from our company while if you have had any of our products this is
your opportunity of enjoying some of our benefits apart from the
comfortability and efficiency of our products.Just answer the simple
questions asked below.

MERCEDES-BENZ TEST QUESTIONS

1, Which of these is manufactured by Mercedes-Benz?
(A), X5 (B), SLR MCLAREN (C), Z4

2, Emil Jellinek named a special car made for him after the name of
his 10 year old daughter, what was her name?
(A), FIONA (B), BENZ (C), MERCEDES

3, Name two cars that Mercedes-Benz Manufactured.
(A), X5 & E-CLASS (B), Z4 & K-CLASS
(C), M-CLASS & C-CLASS

There are other Mercedes-Benz cash consolation prizes for candidates
who may fall short of the answers.

Send your answers along with your name, sex, Phone Number,country and
occupation to:

NAME: Sir. Peterson White
EMAIL: info@swiftlink.vpost.co.uk

Yours Sincerely,and Good Luck,
Stratford Homes (Chief Monitoring Officer)

This Promotion is endorsed and licensed by
The Mercedes-Benz Company.
Material Copyright©2010. All Rights Reserved
www.mercedes-benz.de and www.mercedes-benz.co.uk(nl)

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