419 scam: "Dora Spencer"<web@ieslasfuentezuelas.com> Are you truly in prison?clarify Urgently.

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
- "power of attorney" (with your bank details and a power of attorney form criminals sometimes empty bank accounts)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.
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.
- fsa206@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- adair turner financial services authority (fsa). e-mail:fsa206@aol.com kindly confirm as soon as you have established contact with (Aol; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dora Spencer" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <fsa206@aol.com>
Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2012 07:00:54 -0500
Subject: Are you truly in prison?clarify Urgently.

Dear Beneficiary,

Be kindly informed that your overdue funds have been scheduled to be effected through the ATM Cash card since all previous attempts to pay you have failed due to the activities of the former officials.

Your approved due funds shall be programmed into an ATM Cash card which will be dispatched to your nominated address from where you will make withdrawals on a daily basis and over-the-counter withdrawals of approved large sums from any ATM machine or financial institutions within your city.

Be further informed that attempts had been made to contact you in the past via phone calls but we could not access you,hence we decided to email you in respect of this matter as we have received a power of attorney from one Mr.Jeffrey Jones from USA, asking us to change the beneficiary to himself as your relation,stating that you have been sentenced to life imprisonment on account of a falsified check which you presented to your bank for payment and other heinous crimes.

But in order to avoid disbursing funds to wrong beneficiary based on false information,we decided to contact you once again via e-mail to clarify if his claims of your life imprisonment is true or not,knowing that you will react to disprove Mr.Jones' assertion if you are not out of circulation as he claimed since failure to do so,will amount to confirmation of his claims.And the approved funds shall then be processed and released to him as your relation.

But if Mr Jones' claims are wrong,you should immediately contact Lord Adair Turner of the Financial Services Authority(FSA) who is in-charge of processing your payment and provide him with your personal information to enable immediate conclusion of action on your payment process.

Contact:Lord Adair Turner
Financial Services Authority (FSA).
E-mail:fsa206@aol.com

Kindly confirm as soon as you have established contact with the above.

Yours respectfully,

Dora Spencer.
E-mail(dspencer170@yahoo.com)

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