419 scam: "MR. TERENCE P. MCCULLEY"<lucrezia@mediawiz.it> GREAT NEWS STOP CONTACTING THEM

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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:
- ",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)
- "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)
- "lagos" (a location commonly mentioned in 419 scams)
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.
- benwil499@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MR. TERENCE P. MCCULLEY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <benwil499@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2013 18:33:21 -0500
Subject: GREAT NEWS STOP CONTACTING THEM

ATTENTION: BENEFICIARY, I AM MR. TERENCE P. MCCULLEY, UNITED STATE AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA, JUST INCASE YOU DON'T KNOW ME, I WANT YOU TO CLICK THIS WEBSITE FOR MORE INFORMATION ABOUT ME: http://nigeria.usembassy.gov/ biography.html THE UNITED STATES EMBASSY HAS RESOLVED ON A DIPLOMATIC MISSION TO NIGERIA ON-BEHALF OF 100 SCAM VICTIMS TO BE COMPENSATED AFTER POLICE ARRESTED SOME FRAUDSTERS IN LAGOS NIGERIA WHO MENTIONED YOUR PARTICULARS AS ONE OF THE VICTIMS OF CIRCUMSTANCES. NOTE THAT AFTER MY MEETING WITH DR. GOODLUCK EBELE JONATHAN, PRESIDENT FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA AND OTHER HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVE MEMBERS, WORLD BANK, UNITED NATIONS AND INTERNATIONAL MONETARY f u n d (IMF), THEY AGREED TO PAY YOU $7,000,000.00 (SEVEN MILLION US AMERICAN DOLLARS ONLY) AS YOUR COMPENSATION. CONGRATULATIONS FOR YOUR NAME WERE AMONG THE LIST TO BE PAID $7M US DOLLARS COMPENSATION P A Y M E N T .

I HAVE ALREADY SENT THE COMPLETE DETAILS OF YOUR INFORMATION TO THE HOMELAND SECURITIES IN THE UNITED STATES FOR VERIFICATION SO I WANT YOU TO RE-CONFIRM YOUR FULL NAME YOUR CURRENT HOUSE ADDRESS CURRENT DIRECT TELEPHONE OCCUPATION AGE SCAN COPY OF YOUR ID CARD DIRECTLY TO THE OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES HOMELAND SECURITIES.AS SOON AS THEY RECEIVE THE INFORMATION, THEY WILL TELL YOU WHAT TO DO TO RECEIVE YOUR P A Y M E N T WITHOUT ANY FURTHER DELAY.

UNITED STATES HOMELAND SECURITIES CONTACT AGENT:
NAME: MR.BEN WILLIAMS
EMAIL ADDRESS :benwil499@gmail.com
TEL:0103919219

CONGRATULATIONS. MY BEST REGARDS. MR. TERENCE P. MCCULLEY UNITED STATE AMBASSADOR TO NIGERIA.

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