419 scam: Emma Luise Howarth <emma.howarth@ymail.com> URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED

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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 mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +447031826570 (UK, redirects to a mobile phone in another country)
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.
- emmahowarth@london.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Emma Luise Howarth <emma.howarth@ymail.com>
Reply-To: emmahowarth@london.com
Date: Mon, 06 Jun 2011 13:23:52 -0500
Subject: URGENT ASSISTANCE NEEDED

Hello,

I hope my email finds you well.

My name is Emma Howarth, I am from London UK. The company I worked
with before was a distributor of Cooking Oil to a United Kingdom
company before I quit the company for a different company. The client
who normally purchase cooking oil from my previous company called me
for more supply of Cooking Oil. So I am looking for trustworthy and
honest partnership for this long term business transaction.

I have bought the cooking oil before in Malaysia at the rate of $550
American dollars per metric ton of which I sold to my client at the
rate of $980 American dollar per metric ton. My client himself
supplies to fast-food shops and restaurants here in London.

But this time I will not be able to fly over to Malaysia for the
conclusion of the business, because of my position now at the new
company where I work presently, since you are near to Asia(Malaysia),
I was wondering if you are interested to take up this opportunity, I
can give you the contact of the supplier in Malaysia and connect you
with the client who is in need of this cooking oil, so you and I can
share the profit margin on it as my client is ready to fly over to
Malaysia for the oil at any moment and he's ready to purchase 100
metric tons (one hundred metric tons).

I don't want to introduce the seller over there in Malaysia to my
client directly because of the profit margin. Kindly get back to me
for more details if you are interested.

Best Regards
Ms Emma Howarth.
Email: emmahowarth@london.com
Tel:+44-703 182 6570

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