419 scam: camille peters <camille700@att.net> URGENT BUSINESS

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: camille peters <camille700@att.net>
Reply-To: camillepeters12@yahoo.com
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2011 05:05:01 -0800 (PST)
Subject: URGENT BUSINESS

helo sir

I know you may be surprised how i get your Email address,i got it while searching the Web,my name is mrs camille peters,i am the branch manager of Charles Neal company based in Thailand,our company lacks an important chemical which we use for the production of medicated glasses,and we later learn that the seller of the chemical has left Saudi Arabia to Dubai. Formally we do buy it at the rate of $300 per gram.I did not let our purchasing manager know that i have got contact of the seller,i only told him that someone says they sell $500 per gram,he insist if we can get it even at that rate that we will buy 5 kilo,and one thousand grams make one kilo.i just want you to contact the seller in Dubai and confirm the availability before i will tell the purchasing manager that you are the dealer.the $200 extra in each gram will be shared between both of us.

I await your urgent responce

MRS CAMILLE PETERS

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