419 scam: "Mr Morgan Lawrence"<master@ruta-cruise.com.ua> TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

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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:
- "% commission" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Morgan Lawrence" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <morgan_lawrence@consultant.com>
Date: Tue, 20 Sep 2011 21:34:16 -0700
Subject: TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN

Dear Sir/Ma,

If you require Leased Financial Instrument and is RWA to work on below outlined procedure only, contact me for quick closure as we deliver in time

and precision. You are at liberty to engage our leased facilities into trade programs as well as in other project(s) such as Aviation, Agriculture,

Petroleum, Telecommunication, construction of Dams, Bridges and any other turnkey project(s) etc. Our terms and Conditions are reasonable as outlined

below.

DESCRIPTION OF INSTRUMENTS:

1. Instrument: Bank Guarantee (BG)/SBLC (Appendix A)

2. Total Face Value: Euros 5m or MIN, Euros 5B MAX

(One Billion Euros).

3. Issuing Bank: Any Top 25 WEB

4. Age: One Year, One Day

5. Leasing Price: 6% of Face Value plus 2% commission fees to lessee's broker.

6. Delivery SWIFT TO SWIFT.

7. Payment: Wire Transfer.

8. Hard Copy: Bonded Courier within 7 banking days.

Please do feel free to contact me if you are interested. All relevant business information will be provided upon request.

Best Regards,

Morgan Lawrence

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