419 scam: "MRS. FELICIA DUKE" <info@mail.com> (no subject)

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "million united states dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- halifaxb88@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. FELICIA DUKE" <info@mail.com>
Reply-To: halifaxb88@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 22 Dec 2010 08:10:36 -0200
Subject:

SCAM COMPENSATION OFFICE DEPARTMENT
EUROPEAN UNION/BRITISH PARLIAMENT COUNCIL
2010 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

Hello

This is to bring to your notice that our bank (HALIFAX BANK UNITED KINGDOM) is
delegated by the EUROPEAN UNION/BRITISH PARLIAMENT to Compensate victims of scam
450,000 (Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds Only). You are listed/approved for
this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount. On this faithful
recommendations, we want to alert you that during the last EU meetings held in
England (UK), it was accessed/accumulated of reported cases of fraud that the money
lost by various individuals to Africans /UK scam artists operating in syndicates
all over the world today is over $239 Million United States Dollars in year 2008,
2009 to fraud in USA alone.

http://www.techspot.com/news/29644-US-Citizens-lost-239-million-from-Internet-fraud-in-2007.html

In other to compensate victims, the EUROPEAN NATION/BRITISH PARLIAMENT is now
paying victims of such scam 450,000 (Four Hundred And Fifty Thousand Pounds Only
For Each), in accordance with the EUROPEAN NATIONS recommendations. The payments
are to be remitted by HALIFAX BANK UNITED KINGDOM as corresponding paying bank
under funding assistance by EUROPEAN UNION/BRITISH PARLIAMENT.

Benefactor of this compensation will have to be first cleared by HALIFAX BANK and
confirmed as a victim of Scam before scam payment can be effected. We shall feed
you with further modalities as soon as we get response from you on how you can
receive your compensation payment. You are to send the following informations to
your remittance officer for further verifications.

Your Name:
Address:
Phone :
Amount Defrauded:
Country:
Sex:

Send a copy of your response via email or call your remittance bank HALIFAX BANK
quoting your PAYMENT CODE NUMBER(HFXB/06654).

CONTACT PERSON:
NAME: ALEXANDER WEBSTER STEVEN.
Transfer Unit Director.
HALIFAX BANK UNITED KINGDOM.
Email: halifaxb88@gmail.com

Yours Faithfully,
Mrs. FELICIA DUKE
PUBLIC RELATION OFFICER

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