419 scam: Martin Hughes <Specify@amandiwestlimited.com> FROM MR MARTIN HUGHES

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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 us 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)
- ",000,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
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.
- +447045763495 (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.
- mrmatinhughes@yahoo.co.uk (Yahoo, United Kingdom; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Martin Hughes <Specify@amandiwestlimited.com>
Reply-To: <mrmatinhughes@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Fri, 10 Jun 2011 17:03:59 +0100
Subject: FROM MR MARTIN HUGHES

FROM MR MARTIN HUGHES
SEND YOUR RESPONSE TO MY PRIVATE BOX FOR CONFIDENTIAL REASONS
(mrmatinhughes@yahoo.co.uk)

My name is Mr. Martin Hughes, I am the regional manager of the Bank Of Bermuda,Austin Friars House 2-6 Austin Friars London, EC2N 2LX.I am 44years of age and married with 3 lovely kids. It may interest you to hear that I am a man of PEACE and don't want problems, I only hope we can assist each other. If you don't want this business offer kindly forget it as I will not contact you again. I have packaged a financial transaction that will benefit both of us, as the regional manager of the Bank Of Bermuda, it is my duty to send in a financial report to my head office in the capital city London at the end of each year. On the course of the last year 2010 end of year report, I discovered that my branch in which I am the manager made THIRTY-SIX MILLION Great Britain Pounds(36,000,000.00 £} which my head office are not aware of and will never be aware of it. I have since place this fund on what we call ESCROW ACCOUNT without any beneficiary.The fund is of clean origin. The owner of this account is a foreigner, a

http://www.rhariri.com/general.aspx?pagecontent=biography

We will start the first transfer with sixteen million US Dollars, upon successful transfer without any disappointment from your side, we shall re-apply for the payment of the remaining amount to your account. At this juncture i wish to tell you what prompted me to package this deal. I have a 9-year old daughter who has leukemia, disease of the blood, and she needs a bone marrow transplant or she will die. I want this transplanting to be done in any good children hospital in your country if there is one.Once this fund is transferred into your account, I shall resign from my job and bring my family to start a new life in your country.I would be grateful if you would help me in looking out for good investment oppurtunities with my own part of the money in a very profitable business. As an officer of the bank I can not be directly connected to this money,so this informed my contacting you for us to work so that you can assist receive this money into your bank account for us to SHARE. While you will have 17% of t

Kindly reply to (mrmatinhughes@yahoo.co.uk)
Kind Regards Mr. Martins Hughes
+447045763495

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