419 scam: "Mr Paul Smith" <psmith@orbita.co.il> CONFIRM RECIEPT 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:

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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "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)
- "utmost confidentiality" (scammers urge victims to keep the transaction secret because they don't want anyone to point out to them that it is a scam)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr Paul Smith" <psmith@orbita.co.il>
Reply-To: p.smith@orbita.co.il
Date: Sat, 1 Oct 2011 13:25:18 +0100 (WAT)
Subject: CONFIRM RECIEPT FOR DETAILS.

Dear Friend,

My Respect to you with your family. However I will like to
introduce myself before explaining my proposal to you. I am
Mr Paul Smith, I am the Manager of International Commercial
Bank First Light Kaneshie Branch Accra Ghana.
I am contacting you because of my experience in the Bank and
about a dormant account of $16.800,000.00 (Sixteen Million
Eight Hundred Thousand United State Dollars) only.

The Fund $16,800,000.00 United State Dollars, was deposited in
International Commercial Bank Accra Ghana on 9th march 2005 by
late Mr. James Rowe, an American citizen, during my auditing
I found that the Fund is dormant since that 2005. I made an
investigation and found out that Mr. James Rowe and his wife
was working with J.E. Merit Constructors Inc as subcontractors
in America, at the BP Chemical Refining plant in Texas City,
Texas and unfortunately died in a terrible and unpreventable
explosion in the company.I have since then,placed this amount
on a suspense account without a beneficiary.

I got your contact during my quest for assistance and decided
to reach you directly to solicit your assistance and Guidelines
in making a deal about the transfer of the Fund (16.8M USD) with
me from our Bank here in Ghana to your Country. Why I Contacted
you is to assist me in executing this Deal from Ghana to your
Country within the Next few days to stand as a legal beneficiary
to Mr. James Rowe. It is going to be a bank-to-bank transfer.

Upon a successful conclusion, I intend to part 30% of this fund
to you while 70% shall be for me. I do need to stress that there
are practically no risk involved in this.

I need to know if you will be able to handle this with me before
I explain to you more details. If you are interested please send
me your full names and private phone number for an Initial
confidential communication. I wish for utmost confidentiality
in handling this transaction.

Awaiting your reply through my private email p.smith@orbita.co.il

For your verification check the following link.
http://rememberthe15.com/fiveyearevent
http://www.texascityexplosion.com

Kind Regards,
Mr Paul Smith

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