419 scam: "Dr. Andrew J. Keen." <tony@haarslev.cn> EASIEST WAY TO RETRIEVE YOUR FUNDS.

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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:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Andrew J. Keen." <tony@haarslev.cn>
Reply-To: <andrewjkeen@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Thu, 13 Dec 2012 05:37:20 -0800
Subject: EASIEST WAY TO RETRIEVE YOUR FUNDS.

Dear Sir/Madam,

Notification to all foreign contractor's/inheritance beneficiary's that executed contract in Africa, after the {UN} United Nations meeting this 2012 we re-aliazed a high number of foreigner's from Asia, American's, and Eroupian's, that executed a contract/inheritance beneficiary's in Africa and until now they did not receive there fund payment, well we wish to inform all the foreign contracts/ inheritance and lottery genuine winner's that we concluded in {UN} meeting that you should stop all communication/e-mail transactions in Africa because nothing good comes from Africa.

The united nation {UN}, concluded and signed in our last meeting this 2012 that all the foreign contractors/inheritance beneficiaries will receive there payment's in Belgium Over Sea Payment center within 6 working days, beneficiary's are requested to be physically present at the designated payment center to receive your funds.

You are instructed to reply with the bellow detail's for your payment immediately.

1, your full name, 2, your contact address, 3, your occupation, 4, your international passport or driver's license.

Wait your urgent respond as soon as possible.

Dr. Andrew J. Keen.

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