419 scam: "Venerade Pagan"<VeneradePagan01@gmail.com> Willing And Interested To Transact Business With You

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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:
- "00,000.00" (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.
- venerade.pagan01@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Venerade Pagan" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <Venerade.Pagan02@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:19:42 -0400
Subject: Willing And Interested To Transact Business With You

My name is Venerade Pagan, a British Nationality and an Assistant Manager of a

Bank here in London. I have a little proposition for you and I hope it will not be judged to

Be something else.

This is about an amount of £ 26,100,000.00 (Twenty six million, one hundred thousand British Pounds only) that was deposited with us by an Iraqi contractor (IBRAHIM MOUSSA) who has been confirmed dead but unknowingly to my bank. The said amount was deposited in the year 2004.

According to the banking laws, under the British constitution, at the expiration of six Years, such funds will be reverted to the government. All am looking for is somebody from your region to stand as the next of kin to IBRAHIM MOUSSA and Ill furnish you with the claim documents so the funds can be paid into your account. If you are willing and interested to transact with me, I will like to be contacted through this email address below for further discussion, (Venerade.Pagan01@gmail.com)

Thanks for your cooperation

Yours sincerely

Venerade Pagan

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