419 scam: orange orange <test@macdotest.com> I AM URGENTLY WAITING FOR YOUR EMAIL

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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:
- "consignment " (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.

Fraud email example:

From: orange orange <test@macdotest.com>
Reply-To: garychaplin619@yahoo.com
Date: Sun, 29 Apr 2012 00:36:56 +0200
Subject: I AM URGENTLY WAITING FOR YOUR EMAIL

Department of the Treasury
1500 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW
Washington, D.C. 20220

Hello,

How are you today,I am Mr. Gary Chaplin Store Manager US Treasury Department
Washington.And the reason why I am sending this urgent message is
because I saw
your name in a Consignment Box among the hundred Consignment Boxes that we
impounded and I discovered in your file that your Consignment here contains
$15Million inside the Box.

So I want you to prepare your self and come and claim your Consignment
Box here
in Washington, D.C because you must come in person,And I want you to reconfirm
your current telephone number to me and your address and your full name to
enable us proceed.

I wait to hear from you.

Mr. Gary Chaplin
Store Manager US Treasury
Department Washington.

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