419 scam: "John Eaglewood"<coskun@perdecoskun.com> Do you know that you have a contract/inheritance estate....

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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:
- "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)
- "contact me immediately" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "John Eaglewood" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jeaglewood@yahoo.cn>
Date: Mon, 14 May 2012 08:05:01 -0700
Subject: Do you know that you have a contract/inheritance estate....

Do you know that you have a contract/inheritance estate worth $5,000,000.00 (Five Million United States Dollars) with the

government?

Do you also know that this fund have been approved for payment to you for a while now but due to lack of follow up and also

failure to claim this fund, the government is about to confiscate the funds because false person claiming to be you have

attempted to illegally claim the funds?

However, if you are aware or unaware of these facts, i hereby use this email to inform you for the last time, that you to

come forth for the claim of your fund. You will be provided with an account along with online access (USERNAME AND

PASSWORD) through which you can access and transfer funds from the account from any computer in the world to your account

abroad or your credit/debit card.

For confirmation and verification, you are to contact me immediately with your contact details for further information.

Regards.

John Eaglewood.

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