419 scam: "Mr L C"<carder12@aol.com> Greetings.

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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:
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr L C" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <2011card@justme01.com>
Date: Tue, 5 Jul 2011 00:39:17 -0500
Subject: Greetings.

Attn:

I want to inform you that your payment verification and confirmations is "OK". Therefore, we are happy to inform you that an arrangement has perfectly been concluded to effect your payment as soon as possible in our bid to be transparent.

However, it is our pleasure to inform you that your ATM Card Number; 4048000473315386 has been approved and upgraded in your favour.

Meanwhile, your Secret Pin Number will be available as soon as you confirm to us the receipt of your ATM CARD. The ATM Card Value is $1.2 Million USD Only. You are advised that a maximum withdrawal value of US$500 is permitted daily. And we are duly inter-switched and you can make withdrawal in any location of the ATM Center of your choice/nearest to you any where in the world. We have also concluded delivery arrangement with our accredited courier service Company to oversee the delivery of the ATM Card to you without any further delay.

I want to inform you that the agent responsible for the dispatching of the ATM card to you will leave Malaysia to get to your country in 16 hours as soon as the delivery fee of $120 has been received here in this office. Also the card will be packaged as a parcel including the documents that will back you up as the real owner of the said money.

Here are the parcel registration numbers (008672) this was the registration numbers placed on the parcel take note of it. The name of the diplomatic agent Mr.Tan Wong, he is the diplomatic agent responsible for the DISPATCHING of this PARCEL to you from Malaysia.

TAKE NOTE: The parcel was declared as OFFICIAL MATERIALS meant for special delivery to you so do not disclose the content to anyone.

Even the diplomatic agent Mr.Tan Wong. does not know the real contents of the parcel, we did it for security purpose and safety of the funds contained in the card to avoid anyone tampering with it until you have received it from the diplomatic agent, take full note of these details and be informed that your valid I.D card must be presented to the dispatchers before release will be done to you to avoid wrong delivery.

Please kindly confirm to us the receipt of this email.

Treat as very urgent, as I also remind you once again that your ATM Card is ready.Get in touch with Mr Lee Chong for more information

Thanks and God Bless You

Best regards,
Mr Lee Chong

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