419 scam: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?From_Mr_Ant=F3nio_Horta=2DOs=F3rio?= <mrantoniohosorio@yahoo.co.uk> VERY URGENT!

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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:
- "million pounds" (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)
- ",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)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a next of kin scam.

Fraud email example:

From: =?ISO-8859-1?Q?From_Mr_Ant=F3nio_Horta=2DOs=F3rio?= <mrantoniohosorio@yahoo.co.uk>
Reply-To: office_antonioosorio2013@yahoo.co.uk
Date: Tue, 28 Jan 2014 09:08:38 -0800
Subject: VERY URGENT!

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Greeting To You,

With warm heart I offer my friendship, and I hopeful that this mail will
meet you in good time. However strange or surprising this contact might
seem to you as we have not met personally or had any dealings in the past,
I humbly ask that you take due consideration of it's importance and the
immense benefit it will be to (YOU AND I ). If this e-mail letter of
proposal fails to meet your personal or desired business ethics kindly
accept my sincere apology, nevertheless, I strongly believe that it will.
Firstly, My Name is Mr Antonio Horta-Osório, United Kingdom.

My proposal is that, during our last auditing I discovered a dormant
account, with a balance of £15,000,000.00 (Fifteen- Million Pounds
Sterling). From my investigation, the owner of the said account, a
foreigner by name Sir John Paul Getty II. After going into deeply
investigation I found out that Mr.John Shumejda died on the 4th of January
2002 in a plane crash. For more details visit:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/2956897.stm

therefore i propose to do business with you by receiving this fund in any
of your preferable account as the next of Kin, an empty account can serve
provided it is valid. I contacted you because, if this fund is not transfer
out urgently the fund will be diverted to the British Treasury as Unclaimed
fund because of the law imposed by the British Prime Minister David
Cameron. For more information about the prime Minister decision on dormant
accounts visit :http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/business/4017381.stm

I can assure you as one of the Bank Executives and an expert in this field
that, this fund can be approve for payment to any foreigner because their
is no name attached the account by the deceased as next of Kin. Be informed
that this transaction is 100% total risk free: and troubles as the fund is
legitimate and does not originate from drug, money laundry, terrorism or
any other illegal act. Upon the successful transfer of the fund to your
account, you will be given 50% of the total amount while 50% will be for
me. If you are interested,kindly get back to me as soon as possible so I
can advice you on how to proceed for the successful transfer of the Fund in
your account without any suspicious.

Regards,

Mr António.

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