419 scam: "Tommy Paul"<tommy.pauIoI@rocketmail.com> I AM WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY

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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:
- "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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- tommypaulo1@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Tommy Paul" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <tommy.paulo1@rocketmail.com>
Date: Sun, 7 Oct 2012 00:52:44 -0500
Subject: I AM WAITING FOR YOUR REPLY

Re: Transaction of $26,100,000.00 US Dollars.

I am Tommy E Paul. All I required in pure heart is a partner to work with and achieve this transaction. Hence I can not do this alone without an external foreign person to enable the transaction lay covered after a successfully execution.

I have an investor under my portfolio with a deposit savings of $26.100, 000.00 USD. This investor her husband and kids died Eight years ago leaving no WILL or AUTHORIZATION for Re-transfer of her investment and its proceeds to the INHERITOR. The bank cannot release the fund from the account unless someone applies for claim as indicated in banking guidelines.

I was the beneficiary signatory by the time of deposit, according to the bank after 25th of next month that the funds and account will be freeze as unclaimed if nobody come for the claim. I wish to present you as the INHERITOR with proper documentation that will qualify you to have the funds claimed,by so doing they will not question the release of the funds to you as i will make sure that we comply with the banking proceeds and ethics of claiming the investment, I am assuring you of your personality risk free.

I expect your respond, when i hear from you we can talk for more understanding as this matter require an urgent follow up.

Please your earliest respond will be highly appreciated. You can as well reply to my other Email: tommypaulo1@yahoo.co.uk

Sincerely.

Paul Tommy.

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