419 scam: "Mr Khan"<rmbp20@yahoo.com> Confirm Your Interest.ent Services Inquiry.! OF YOUR PARCELMMISSION(PŒë¸"

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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:
- "top secret" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Khan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rmbp@network-options.net>
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2010 21:06:36 +0100
Subject: Confirm Your Interest.

Confirm Your Interest.

I am Mr Khan, an officials from Railways Management Board in Pakistan.

We had a contract with Chinese firm M/s Dongfang to build 750 kilometers between Havellian and the 4,730 metres high Khunjerab crossing over Mansehra and the Karakoram Highway in 2007.

The project has been executed and contractor paid,

The main reason of my letter is to intimate you that during the award of this contract to the china company, a few of my colleagues and I, had inflated the contract amount (OVER- INVOICED) to $25.5 million.

However, we seek for your utmost confidence to safeguard the funds into your account for disbursement. Until we conclude our retirement arrangement soonest.

We collectively agreed that you shall retain 30% of the total amount as the account owner, 65% is for us here, and 5% will be used for miscellaneous
expenses during the transfer.

Please, make it TOP SECRET and provide me with your details.

1) Your Name:...
2) Your Address:...
3) Your Country full Address:...
4) Your Business:..
5) Your Telephone:

Waiting For Your Reply.

Thanks
Mr Khan
E-mail : Official@network-options.net

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