419 scam: "Narelle Hall"<narellehall174@yahoo.com> Contact the person therein immediately for details.

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "please endeavor to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united state 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)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- paulmay12344@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Narelle Hall" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <narellehall174@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 16 Mar 2011 10:26:12 -0700
Subject: Contact the person therein immediately for details.

Attention:

We are a Team of foreign Financial Consultant working under the united Nation here in South East Asia.We have been set up by International Monetary Fund and the World Bank to deal with all kinds of financial problems here in Asia and part of Middle East regarding unclaimed fund, both for private and public Individuals. We also serve as an agent to sweepstakes companies and to also provide solutions to the international Financial problem that has been held under the custody of the United Nations in Conjunction with the International Monetary Fund (IMF)

We are contacting you because of the notification received on your behalf regarding an unclaimed sum of $5.8Million United State Dollars deposited with a safe security company in Kuala Lumpur,Malaysia.

You would have been ordered to deal with the safe deposit company directly.But Due to International financial Law barriers and the circumstances sourounding this fund.You are not authorized to deal directly with them to avoid any problem that may araise without seeking a qualified accredited International Independent Financial Consultant to represent and act on your behalf for the claim of this fund and to also supervise the entire process. This is the main reason why we have been appointed to act on this issue and to assist you to receive your funds.

For your information, our service costs for consulting and management will be paid by the United Nations Authorities, as we are an International accredited Financial Consultants.

We assure you that we will give you all the necessary support you require to guarantee a positive result. You have been given 10days from the date on this letter to respond to us. Please, contact the below mentioned immediately for more information, this is the easiest way you can respond to us -

Contact Name: Mr. Paul May
Position:South East Asia Representative.
Email address: paulmay12344@gmail.com

We will provide you with further information necessary once you have responded to this letter. We look forward to hearing from you. Please, remember to keep this matter private and confidential to avoid breach of security and issue of double claiming. Please endeavor to provide the following for crosschecking: Is very very important.

Your Full, Address and Your Direct contact Phone/Fax Number,

Yours Sincerely
Mrs.Narelle Hall

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