419 scam: "Sanders Terry"<sandersterry@web.de> COMPENSATION

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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.
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.
- sandersterry20@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sanders Terry" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <sandersterry20@gmail.com>
Date: Sat, 22 Jan 2011 23:31:31 -0000
Subject: COMPENSATION

Dear Sir,

My name is Sanders Terry officer in charge of compensation payment in the World bank office here in London UK, on the 31ST of December. 2010 the Government of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria entered into an agreement with the World Bank to compensate scam victims through the Nigeria financial
system, and European countries either through contract execution, next of kin claim or lottery winning award promo with the sum of $500,000(Five hundred thousand dollars) each. Your name and email contact is on the first batch which has their bank draft ready via HSBC LONDON. with the sum of $500,000(Five hundred thousand dollars) each. Your name and email contact is on the first
batch which has their bank draft ready via HSBC LONDON.

We request that you confirm your readiness to receive this payment as a compensation for the bad transaction with the Nigerian Government in
line with rebranding of their country image.

Contact the undersigned Mr Sanders Terry Email: sandersterry20@gmail.com, for quick processing of your payment.

Regards,

Sanders Terry

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