419 scam: "Debt Payment Commitee"<harrispayment@consultants.com> attn:

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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:
- "inheritance funds" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Debt Payment Commitee" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <harrishagan205@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Tue, 21 Sep 2010 01:16:39 -0700
Subject: attn:

COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN PAYMENT
(RESOLUTION PANEL ON FOREIGN PAYMENT)
WORLDWIDE

Our Ref: SNT/STB Your Ref……………….

Attn: Beneficiary.

The entire members of the Presidency and the Audit Department of the Federal Ministry of Finance, on behalf of the UNITED KINGDOM GOVERNMENT, held a meeting last week concerning foreign payments, both foreign and local contractors and some inheritance funds.On going through files yesterday, we discovered that your file was dumped untreated, so at this juncture, we apologize for the delay of your payment and please stop communicating with any office or individual/s prior to this new development forth with. Your attention should be focus to the appointed office below for you to claim your funds.

Now your new Payment Reference No.-35460021, Allocation No: 674632 Password No : 339331 , Pin Code No: 55674 and your Certificate of Merit Payment No : 103 , Released Code No: 0763; Immediate Telex confirmation No: -1114433 ; Secret Code No: XXTN013 Having received these vital payment number , therefore You are qualified now to received and confirm Your payment with the united kingdom government immediately within 24hrs .

Please reconfirm your personal details for urgent payment and to avoid any mistake while transfer is done.

FULL NAMES
CONTACT ADDRESS
PHONE NUMBER

BANK DETAILS :
WHICH YOU WANT THIS TRANSFER MADE TO.

NOTE: We have mounted our security network to monitor every in-coming call, if we still find out that you are still dealing with all those fraudsters that have been frustrating our efforts,that you have been paying money to without success since last year till date, I shall stop and cancel your payment immediately. Those people you are dealing with are the wrong people,that is why upon what you have spent so far,you never receive any money from them.

Best Regards
Harris Hagan

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