419 scam: Raymond Adams <raymondadams@computermail.net> SCAMMED VICTIM/ REF / PAYMENTS CODE:

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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:
- "million united states 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)
- "abuja" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- raymond_adams33@yahoo.com.hk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Raymond Adams <raymondadams@computermail.net>
Reply-To: <raymond_adams33@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Tue, 01 Nov 2011 13:54:42 -0500
Subject: SCAMMED VICTIM/ REF / PAYMENTS CODE:

Attention Sir,

CBN./UNITED NATIONS 2006 SCAM VICTIMS COMPENSATIONS PAYMENTS.

This is to bring to your notice that we are delegated from the United
Nations & Central Bank to pay 150 scam victims US$1,000,000.00 (ONE
MILLION UNITED STATES DOLLARS) each. You are listed and approved for
this payment as one of the scammed victims to be paid this amount, get
back to us as soon as possible for the immediate payments of your
US$1,000,000.00 compensations funds.

On this faithful recommendations, we want you to know that during the
last U.N. meetings held at Abuja-Nigeria. It was alarmed so much by the
world in the meetings on the lost of funds by various individuals to the
Nigerian scam artists operating in syndicates all over the world today.
In other to compensate victims, the U.N Body in conjunction with the
Nigerian Government is now paying 150 victims of these operations
US$1,000,000.00 each in accordance with the U.N. recommendations.

Due to the corrupt and inefficient Banking Systems in Nigeria, the
Payments are to be supervised by the 'United Nations' Officials and the
Central Bank of Kenya, as the corresponding paying bank is STANDARD
CHARTERED BANK. Nairobi Branch -Kenya. According to the number of
applicants at hand, 114 Beneficiaries has been paid, half of the victims
are from the United States, we still have more 36 left to be paid the
compensations of US$1,000,000.00 each .Your particulars was mentioned by
one of the Syndicates who was arrested as one of their victims of the
operations,

You are hereby warned not to communicate or duplicate this message to
him For any reason what so ever as the U.S. secret service is already on
trace of the other criminals. So keep it secret till they are all
apprehended. Other victims who have not been contacted can submit their
application as well for scrutiny and possible consideration. If you have
already been notified of this payment programme previously, do proceed
with your claim as required.

As directed by the Global Settlement Committee, You can receive your
compensations payments via any of this payment Options you may Choose:
(A.)CERTIFIED CHEQUE, (B.)ATM CARD PAYMENTS (C.) WIRE TRANSFERS. We
shall feed you with further modalities as soon as we hear from
you.Please send your reply to this email
address;raymond_adams33@yahoo.com.hk

Yours faithfully,

Ms. RAYMOND ADAMS
SCAMMED VICTIM/ REF / PAYMENTS CODE: 06654 US$1,000,000.00</pre>

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