419 scam: "Rt. Rev. Father Eric Mark" <adam@strateqgrp.com> RE: UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT OFFICE ATHENS, GREECE.

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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 fake company names, fake addresses, non-existent institutions/documents or other details have appeared in scams before:
- "diplomatic immunity"
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand 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)
- "your urgent reply" (scammers rush victims so they don't have time to think properly)
- "diplomatic immunity" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "the diplomat " ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "courier service" (Courier companies mentioned in 419 scams are always fake. They will have you send money to them, but won't deliver anything. )
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.
- rt.rev.ericmark0@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rt. Rev. Father Eric Mark" <adam@strateqgrp.com>
Reply-To: rt.rev.ericmark0@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 06:50:28 +0800 (MYT)
Subject: RE: UNITED NATIONS PAYMENT OFFICE ATHENS, GREECE.

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UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION/
INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND/
WORLD BANK FACT-FINDING & SPECIAL
DUTIES OFFICE ATHENS, GREECE.

Greetings to you,

I am Rev. Father Eric Mark, a senior staff with the World Bank fact finding & special duties office. I am writing you this letter because cool penny is better than millions of dollars without peace. It is better for one to live and die poor honest than a rich dishonest one. The Chief security officer (CSO) of this organization and I have arranged with an officer in computer section, engineer Peter Cliff to bring out part of your total sum amounting to US$10 Million, why we did this is because according to information gathered from the banks/security and computer section, you have been waiting for a long time to receive your money without success. As I found out that you have almost met all the statutory requirements in respect of your fund settlement. Your problem is that of interest groups. A lot of people are interested in your payment and those people are merely doing papers works with you and that is why you receive messages from different people every day. Also we found out that some of the officials have been extorting a lot of money from you with the pretext of helping you to receive your money. I can assure you that this may last for years yet nothing happens, if you do not do away with those officers you call your partners, and for security reasons. Do not tell anybody that you have your money until you receive cash at your doorstep.

The money is in two security proof boxes weighing 110kg each, which is 220kg for the two boxes. We went to four courier companies to make arrangements on how to ship them by courier to you, we went to DHL, FedEx, IAS, UPS, and all said that they must open the boxes for inspection by the customs before shipment. This is something we want to avoid because the boxes were padded with machine in the United States, to open them you have to cut the pad before you will meet the buttons that you will press to open the dial code-lock. Therefore there is no way you can open the boxes and be able to close them again. We told the courier services that the boxes contained film materials and when open to air it will spoil the materials. We did not declare money because couriers do not carry money. Today a friend of mine who is diplomat disclosed to me that there is courier service they use to send diplomatic material and information from one country to another. It has diplomatic immunity and cannot check by any customs anywhere in the World. The name of the courier service is Global Security Service (GSS) I will meet them as soon as I have your go ahead order. The Diplomat will help me to get immunity papers, so we do not have any problem. We have concluded that you must compensate us with five hundred thousand United States Dollars (US$500.000.00) as soon as you receive your money to this effect, you will send to us a promissory note for five hundred thousand united States Dollars (US$500.000.00) along with your address for sending the boxes by courier, Please maintain top most secrecy as it may cause a lot of problem if found out that we are using this way to help you. Do not ever tell anybody about this until you have your money at your doorstep.

I want to help you because something in me is telling me that you are a honest person, when we concluded this and you send our promise. We will help to ship the final part of the money to you. Be blessed as we wait for your urgent reply. For security reason please reply to ( rt.rev.ericmark0@gmail.com )

Yours faithfully,

Rt. Rev. Father Eric Mark
Chairman, Fact-Finding & Special Duties Office

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