419 scam: "Good Day Sir,Compliments of the new Week." <mp@zimbra.com> Good Day Sir,Compliments of the new Week.

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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)
- "will come to you as a surprise" (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)
- "waiting for your urgent response" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "urgent assistance" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "top secret" (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)
- "mikepepple@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "mikepepple@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: "Good Day Sir,Compliments of the new Week." <mp@zimbra.com>
Reply-To: mikepepple@live.com
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2012 06:02:57 -0700
Subject: Good Day Sir,Compliments of the new Week.

Dear Friend,

I know that this mail will come to you as a surprise as we never met before. I am head of Auditing
and Accounting section of fidelity investment UK.

I Hoped that you will not expose or betray this trust and confident that I am about to repose on
you for the mutual benefit of our both families. I need your urgent assistance in transferring the
sum of Twelve Million,Five Hundred Thousand united state dollars ($12.5USDMillion) Immediately to
your account.

The fund has been dormant (in-active) for 12 years with our firm without any body coming for it.
I want to release the fund to you as the nearest person to our deceased customer Mr. Andreas Schranner
(the owner of the account) who died a long with his supposed next of kin in air crash on 31st July 2000.
I don't want the fund to go into our Bank treasury as an abandoned fund, so this is the reason why I
contacted you, so that my Bank will release the fund to you as the nearest person to the deceased customer.
For more information about the crash you can visit this site: http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/europe/859479.stm

Please I would like you to keep this proposal as a top secret and delete it if you are not interested. Upon
receipt of your reply, I will give you more details regarding this transaction and also note that you will
have 30% of the above mentioned amount if you agree to help me execute this fund transfer. And also after
the funds has been transfered into your bank account you will take 10% out as a compensation for the expenses
you will make in this transaction and 60% will be for me. I need to hear from you urgently so that I will give
you more information regarding this transaction.

1. SEND YOUR FULL NAME

2. PHONE AND FAX NUMBER if any.

3. Country of origin.

Waiting for your urgent response so that we will start immediately.

REPLY VIA: mikepepple@live.com

Best Regards,
Mr. Mike Pepple
Email: mikepepple@live.com

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