419 scam: mark thomas <sandy_smith174@yahoo.com> CAN I HAVE TRUST IN U

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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 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.
- sandy_smith174@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: mark thomas <sandy_smith174@yahoo.com>
Date: Thu, 12 Aug 2010 08:03:11 -0700
Subject: CAN I HAVE TRUST IN U

*Hello,

I am Dr Smith Sandy ,a New Zealand citizen based in KualaLumpur, Malaysia
.Some years back,I invested some amount of money with an investor in
California,

and it has yielded some reasonable interest and capital which is due
payment.I wanted the Due-funds transferred to my account by Swift, but the
issuing company/Investor said that they cannot transfer more than Five
thousand dollars to any bank account outside North America/south America
within one month (30days) I have only received the sum 5,000usd out of
millions of dollars to my account few days ago but I was told to provide an
Account in United States of America

to enable the funds transferred.Meanwhile, I have tried to open an account
with Bank-One in Texas and Washington Mutual in California in United States
but I need to be physically present to sign the mandate. I must confess that
this is not possible now because I am medically down to make such a long
distance trip.

I am in need of your assistance on this matter, if you could help receive
the money in your home equity line of credit and the funds and forward to
me.Sincerely, you are not going to face any risk in rendering assistance,or
spend any money or demand anything from you.

AGAIN,PLEASE TAKE NOTE THAT YOU ARE NOT SPENDING ANY MONEY AND I AM OFFERING
YOU 10% OF THE MONEY RECEIVED ON MY BEHALF.ALL I NEED IS YOUR SINCERITY AND
BE HONEST WITH ME..LOOKING FORWARD TO HEAR FROM U.HERE IS MY CHART ID AM
ONLINE RIGHT NOW sandy_smith174@yahoo.com

Yours Truly,

Dr Smith Sandy

*

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