419 scam: "MR PETER WEALTH"<peterwealth6767@gmail.com> WORLD FUND DISCOVERY MANAGEMENT

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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:
- "a diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447031824165 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR PETER WEALTH" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <pcmwealth0000115@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Fri, 9 Jul 2010 04:26:04 -0700
Subject: WORLD FUND DISCOVERY MANAGEMENT

FROM: DR. PETER McWEALTH.
DIRECTOR: WORLD FUND DISCOVERY MANAGEMENT AND PAYMENT BUREAU.
TELL:+44 703 182 4165

This letter is from the World Fund Discovery Management And Payment Bureau,inaugurated by the World Financial Service Authority United States Of America/United Kingdom.

This body was set up to discover outstanding funds owed to Governments or Individuals all over the world through Contract Payment, Inheritance or Lottery Winning Prize Awards.
During our investigation, we discovered an unclaimed sum of money in favour of your email.However, we discovered that this fund has not been delivered to you and a mandate has been given to this body to contact you so that this fund would be delivered to you without any further delay.

Note that a special payment arrangement has been made to deliver this fund to you, you may come to any of our payment offices in europe, america,asia, or we can direct a diplomat from our head office, to deliver your fund to you in your country.

You are therefore advised to urgently provide this office with all your contact details which include (1) Your Full Name:(2) Residential Address(3) Phone, Fax and Cell Phone number:(4) Profession, Age and Marital Status:(5) Company/Business Name, for further details.

Thank you
Yours Faithfully,
Dr. Peter McWealth

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