419 scam: "Agent Mr, Mark O. Chester" <dr.ferdmark12@gmail.com> Attention Payment Owner

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348160526968
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.
- paymentcenter404@yahoo.com (Yahoo; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Agent Mr, Mark O. Chester" <dr.ferdmark12@gmail.com>
Reply-To: paymentcenter404@yahoo.com
Date: Sat, 26 Oct 2013 06:15:09 +0700
Subject: Attention Payment Owner

Attention Payment Owner

How are you today ? Hope all is well with you and your family ? My name is Mr. Mark O,
Chester from Arkansas City United States of America, I am U.S.A FBI Agent representing
the United States Citizen here in West Africa Nigeria, Am working together with United
States Embassy here but my main duty is to make sure that every legal transaction going
to the United States Citizen goes to the beneficiary without any cheating from these
Africans,

United States Government hand the duty over to FBI because Africans are scamming lot of
the United States Citizens in any transaction going to America and they though that
money grows in a trees in America so my duty here is to make sure that any beneficiary
from United States receive his/her money without cheating.

Finally, my main point of mailing you today is to inform you that i have your name in
the list of the United States Citizens that have a transaction in Africa here and i want
to know if you have receive the payment because i arrive into this Country last week and
i want to carry on my duty here immediately, so let me know if you have receive the
payment and what is stopping the payment from getting your hands so that i can sort it
out immediately.

Your`s In Service
Agent Mr, Mark O. Chester you can call on +2348160526968
( paymentcenter404@yahoo.com )

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