419 scam: "Erica Ella Mueller"<ardinfo_2@yahoo.com> Tuesday, November 26, 2013

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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.

Fraud email example:

From: "Erica Ella Mueller" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ericaellanmueller@live.com>
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2013 17:58:58 -0500
Subject: Tuesday, November 26, 2013

Hi,

My name is Erica Ellan Mueller, a US national currently residing in London United Kingdom, and I am a property developer/Realtor.The current worldwide recession has necessitated investing in the USA and beyond for real estate investment/development.There will be enormous profits when the world economy eventually recovers in the long term.

Therefore; I intend to invest US$52 million plus in outright purchase of prime properties and housing Estate development in the USA and Canada the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, Africa, Middle East, and the South Americas…

I therefore need a Local Representative/Agent, who will handle my interests including purchase/lease of land and Prime building properties ( Residential and Commercial). My Agent/representative will receive a minimum of 10% of the total budget spent on properties acquisition, plus all costs. To qualify you need NOT to be a certified Realtor or even have experience in the real Estate business. I need an AGENT-ADMINISTRATOR who can hire local professional REAL ESTATE AGENTS on my behalf, whose job it will be to select appraise and value/negotiate perform due diligence on properties and finally give advice to purchase…

If you are interested please send to me via email your complete details including your company profile.

Thank you!

Best regards,
Erica Ellan Mueller.

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