419 scam: Cesar Covarrubias <cesarcovarrubias@consultant.com> Please Reply As soon as you can

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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:
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: Cesar Covarrubias <cesarcovarrubias@consultant.com>
Reply-To: cesarcovarrubias@live.com
Date: Sat, 28 Aug 2010 07:52:40 +0200
Subject: Please Reply As soon as you can

From: Mr. Cesar Covarrubias
Greetings!

I am Mr. Cesar Covarrubias,an Italian American living here in the UK and
working as a Branch Manager, UK Office of Anglogold Ashanti International
Limited , a global gold minig company. I got your contact and after going
through your profile I decided to contact you for this partnership venture for
our mutual benefits.

My branch made excess profit of US$27,950,000.00 during the last fiscal year,
which I placed on Escrow Call account without a beneficiary in our
bank since I
have already submitted 2009 approved end of the year report to our head office
in South Africa. In essence I need a trustworthy foreigner who will
stand as the
original contractor awarded contract for the said sum, so that the
fund will be
transferred to his private or company account immediately.

This transaction is risk free from the both end but demands absolute
confidentiality. I will use my position to influence this project in other to
expediate the transfer from our bank head office.
You will have 35% of the total sum, 5% for expenses incurred during
the course
of this transaction while 60% for me.
Please provide your full contact details including your name and or company
name, e-mail address, physical address and phone number for more details

Best regards,

Mr. Cesar Covarrubias
United Kingdom

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