419 scam: "liz"<lizcarol.co.uk@mail.mn> Dear Valuable customer

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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 pounds" (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)
- "chambers" (Barristers (lawyers) mentioned in 419 scams are always fake.)
- "lizcarrol.co.uk@mail.mn" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "liz" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <lizcarrol.co.uk@mail.mn>
Date: Wed, 24 Oct 2012 09:58:53 +0800
Subject: Dear Valuable customer

HSBC Bank Plc Registered Office: 14259
8 Canada-Square London E14 5HQ, UK
United Kingdom.

Exclusively For You,

I am Liz Carroll, Head of Online Service in HSBC BANK. I got your contact from Asia Chambers of Commerce worldwide research, as I was searching for a foreign person who will be capable to receive funds of GBP6,000,000 00 Million Pounds. From my bank, the fund belongs to my late foreign customer he was a road contractor before his death.

I am writing you this letter to seek your consent to do this business with me, so that I will transfer this late customer unclaimed fund to you as the relative. As the accounting officer I have done all possible best to trace any of his relative but l couldn’t because the late customer came to UK London for so many years ago.

Now l want you to know this (DEAL) has already been arranged, but I need a foreigner who will be capable to receive the fund. if you will be capable please let me know and update me immediately, so that I can process the fund to be transfer to you as the relative, I will use my position to transfer the fund to you in your country and we will share the fund because this is a DEAL,

Be inform no risk will be involved. The late customer dead with his family in UK terrorist bomb blast. I will send you the information of the late customer that will enable you understand this Deal Business, and all the legal documents to transfer the fund to you will be done in your name legally,

Once l transfer the fund to your account in your country we will share 45% to you and 45% to me out of the total GBP6,000,000 00 Million Pounds. While the %10 will be set aside for any government taxes in your country, because the fund will be transfer to you legally as l will use my position in my bank. I will appreciate your immediate respond to this my personal ((Email: lizcarrol.co.uk@mail.mn ) for a secret reasons:

Yours Sincerely,
Ms. Liz Carroll.

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