419 scam: "MR RAYMOND HILL"<raymondhill1965@yahoo.com> FROM RAYMOND HILL

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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 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)
- "million 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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
- "(ecowas)" (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
- "ecowas " (the name of a person or institution often appearing in 419 scams)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "MR RAYMOND HILL" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <raymondhill1998@yahoo.com.hk>
Date: Sat, 4 Aug 2012 06:44:22 -0600
Subject: FROM RAYMOND HILL

ECOWAS / UNITED STATE OF AMERICA /UNITED NATIONS OFFICE (U.N)BILATERAL ASSISTANCE /COMPENSATION OFFICE.

ATTN: BENEFICIARY,

FOLLOWING THE FIRST MAIL WE SENT TO YOU CONCERNING THE RECENT SUMMIT HELD ON BILATERAL PEACE TALK BETWEEN UNITED STATE GOVERNMENT, THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE (U.N) TOGETHER WITH THE ECONOMIC OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) IN A WAY FORWARD TO ASSIST YOU AS A RESULT OF WHAT YOU HAVE GONE THROUGH IN THE HAND OF IMPOSTORS, WE WISH TO EXPRESS OUR HEART WARMING DESIRE TO INFORM YOU THAT THE RECENT BILATERAL PEACE TALK AND CORDIAL RELATIONSHIP WITH THESE OFFICES HAVE YIELDED A POSITIVE RESULT OWING TO THE UNANIMOUS AGREEMENT WITH THESE OFFICES IN A WAY FORWARD TO ABORT CRIME IN OUR VARIOUS COUNTRIES AND TO ASSIST THOSE THAT HAVE BEEN SCAMMED WITH A LITTLE MONEY, IN VIEW OF THIS,THE UNITED STATE GOVERNMENT AND THE ECONOMIC OF WEST AFRICAN STATES (ECOWAS) AND THE UNITED NATIONS OFFICE (U,N) SET UP A STRONG PANEL TO TOUCH MOST LIVES IMMENSELY WITH A LITTLE COMPENSATION, HENCE THIS OFFICES HAS MADE IT MANDATORY TO ASSIST MOST OF THE SCAM VICTIMS WITH THE SUM OF $5.5 MILLION UNITED STATE DOLLARS EACH, BASED ON THIS DEVE

MORE SO, TO COMMENCE ACTION ON OUR HUMANITARIAN CONCERN, SIR WE WISH TO INFORM YOU THAT YOU ARE AMONG OUR FIRST BENEFICIARIES AND WITH UTMOST GRATITUDE AND CONCERN WE URGE YOU TO CO-OPERATE WITH THIS PANEL TO ENABLE US HELP YOU AS WELL, AGAIN OWING TO THE RIGORS AND ENDLESS PROCEDURES THROUGH BANK TO BANK WIRE TRANSFER AND OTHER METHOD OF BANKING PAYMENT, THIS OFFICES HAS RESOLVED THAT YOUR PAYMENT OF $5.5 MILLION DOLLARS HAS BEEN PROGRAMMED THROUGH OUR ON-LINE BANKING SYSTEM WITH OUR CORRESPONDENT AND PAYING BANK IN LONDON AS IT REMAINS THE SAFEST AND EASIEST METHOD OF PAYMENT SO FAR IN THE BANKING SECTOR, AND ABOVE ALL ITS MOST CHEAPER COMPARED TO OTHER METHOD OF PAYMENT.

FINALLY, WE URGE YOU TO TREAT THIS MAIL WITH ABSOLUTE AND URGENT ATTENTION IT DESERVES, AS THERE IS NO COMPROMISE TO ANY DELAY.

MR RAYMOND HILL
EXECUTIVE CHAIRMAN
BILATERAL/COMPENSATION OFFICE

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