419 scam: "Mr. Peter Hill" <tetserviceline33@gmail.com> Irrevocable release of your payment!

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Peter Hill" <tetserviceline33@gmail.com>
Reply-To: safetyoffice010@yahoo.com.ar
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 2013 14:30:32 -0700
Subject: Irrevocable release of your payment!

Dear Prospective Partner,

Although you might be apprehensive about my email as we have not met
before but l do solely want to present you with a business proposition
worth millions of dollars.
My Name is Mr. Peter Hill, I am a member of the Federal Government of
Nigeria Contract Award and Monitoring Committee with National
Petroleum Corporation NNPC. There is the sum of US$28,500,000.00 in a
suspense account with the NNPC, I wish to make a transfer of the sum.I
do solicit for your assistance in effecting this transaction. I intend
to give you 40% of the total funds as compensation for your
assistance.

However, We have strong and reliable contacts at a Bank here connected
to Federal Ministry of Finance and we have every assurance that this
money
will be released and transferred if we get the trustworthy foreign
partner to assist us on receiving the sum, Should you be interested
please send me
an email on my private email.

Regards,
Mr. Peter Hill

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