419 scam: "Rev. Steve Canon" <info@hotmail.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.
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.
- rscc1022@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev. Steve Canon" <info@hotmail.com>
Reply-To: rscc1022@hotmail.com
Date: Sat, 25 Feb 2012 07:19:07 +0800
Subject:

Greetings to you my dear beloved one,
I am Reverend Canon Steven writing, the mail you are about to go through is about a brother who was carried away
with the things of the world and have done so much harm to people online by scamming them of their hard earn
money.
I know it would be difficult for you to believe this because of the evil acts that are going on online every day,
this evil acts has made internet world unsafe for us, this act are really affecting people and business and so on
that operate online.
So much is happening these days and people are suffering, these things are not suppose to be happening, I am
contacting you because of Mr. David Wood who has been scamming people of their money through (Free lotto business
proposal e.t.c) online and he has been using fake names, Id card and fake bank account to deceive them of their
money, He made this confession before his death and he left some email contacts which he has stolen money from.
If you have been scammed of your money, do write me back with the amount of money you have lost and a brief
details how you where scammed and how many times you sent money to him and the date and year it happened and the
name he used in scamming you.
I want you to take this serious even as much as you may find it hard to believe but you have to take this one
serious because I am real and am a Reverend I would not hurt or lie to you.
I want you to know that your lost shall be granted to you with addition.
Contact me back with the required answers for further more through my private email: rscc1022@hotmail.com.
Yours Sincerely
Rev. Steve Canon
God Bless You.

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