419 scam: Greeting from Martin moore <ytrewi@att.net> Greetings From Sann Nill

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

Fraud email example:

From: Greeting from Martin moore <ytrewi@att.net>
Reply-To: attorney_moore1@hotmail.com
Date: Sun, 20 Feb 2011 05:23:02 -0800 (PST)
Subject: Greetings From Sann Nill

Greetings From Sann Nill

Legal/Claims Department,

Nat west Bank PLC. London, UK.

Greetings to you. I am Sann nill, Legal department, Nat West Bank, United Kingdom. There is an old account of £10.8 Million belonging to a late customer Mr. . I intend to transfer this money out, and you can assist me because you have the same surname with the late customer, so I will use my position as a legal officer to prepare legal documents as soon possible and I will direct to the attorney so that he will assist you appropriate, get this money transferred to your account as the beneficiary to our customer who died 3 years ago.

Everything will be handled in a legal and proper manner. For your co-operation, you take 50%. While 5% will be for expense, more details will be made available when I receive your positive reply. However, we cannot discuss confidential details here, so please reply to my private email: (sann_nill@yahoo.com)

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