419 scam: "Mr. Hans Peter Biland"<lamido.sanus072@gmail.com> REG.....

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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:
- "million dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Hans Peter Biland" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <office.report@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 5 Mar 2011 12:27:50 -0800
Subject: REG.....

Attention:

My name is Mr. Hans Peter Biland, I trained and work as an external auditor with Swiss National Bank Switzerland. I have taken pains to find your contact

through personal endeavors because a lawyer investor deposited this fund and when we check properly the the transaction file, we found out that the funds are in your name so re-confirm with delay if you are the rightful person.

Since we are working here on Official capacity we cannot keep this fund with us and this is my sole reason of contacting you, and note that we have in total Ten Million Dollars in your name for the past years and no next of kin has come forward all these years so kindly re-confirm if you are aware of this payment or not.

Do get back to me so that i can give you further details on how you can receive your fund with Swiss National Bank (Switzerland).

Regard,

Mr. Hans Peter Biland.

Anti-fraud resources:

What can you do when you receive 419 spam