419 scam: "Sir John Bond"<douglas0157@live.com> (no subject)

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "huge amount of money" (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 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.
- df00139@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Sir John Bond" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <dflint852@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 25 Oct 2011 23:21:05 -0700
Subject:

Hello,

Greetings to you and your family, I hope you recieve this
letter in good faith. Accept my apology for sending you this
sensitive information via e-mail, instead of a Certified
mail/Post-mail.

This is due to the urgency and importance of
this information. My name is Sir John Bond, British
national who is based in Lybia, I work with HSBC BANK
who need your business experience and connections to Invest
huge amount of money in your country. I'm seeking your
honest and sincere participation in this venture. This
project is based on Trust, confidentiality and sincerity of
purpose in order to have an acceptable meeting of the minds.
Please let me know your willingness so that i can provide
you with more details on this project.

Sir John Bond
df00139@yahoo.com.hk

Anti-fraud resources:

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