419 scam: "Mrs. Faith John" <adrian.oldman00@web.de> urgent response is needed

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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:
- "activation fee" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- "money gram" (this will cost you money - be careful with upfront payments to anyone you only know through email, especially if they promise you a lot of money. NEVER send money by Western Union or MoneyGram to people you do not know personally - NO EXCEPTIONS! Instant wire transfer services are not meant to be used with strangers because they offer no protection against fraud. That is precisely why the criminals want you send money that way. )
- ",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)
- "diplomatic agent" ("diplomats" who perform deliveries of cash or other valuables to you only exist in 419 scams)
- "upscouriescommpany@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
- "upscouriescommpany@live.com" (this email address has been used in a known scam)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Faith John" <adrian.oldman00@web.de>
Reply-To: upscouriescommpany@live.com
Date: Wed, 19 Feb 2014 07:57:47 -0700
Subject: urgent response is needed

Dear. Beneficiary,

This is to bring to your notice that because of the impossibility of
your fund transfer through the Money Gram network, we have credited your
total of $4.5millon valid fund into an ATM MASTER CARD and I have paid
the re-activation fee and the delivery of the ATM Card To you, I paid it
because the ATM Card worth of $4,500,000.00 which I have registered it
delivery yesterday has less than 21 days to expire in the custody of the
DHL Company and when it expires, the money will go into Federal
Government treasury account.

With that we decided to help you pay off the money so that the ATM Card
will not expire, because I trust that when you receive your ATM Card
definitely you must pay me back my money and even compensate me for
helping you.

Now I want you to contact DHL Express at:
(upscouriescommpany@live.com)m with your physical address you desire the
delivery to be made so that they can deliver your ATM Card to your
designated address without any delay.

Like I stated earlier, the crediting re-activation, delivery and the
company registration charges has been paid by me, but we did not pay
their official keeping fees since they refused, they refused and the
reason is that they do not know when you are going to contact them and
the demur-rage might have increased by then, They told me that their
keeping fees is $105 per day only, and I deposited it yesterday on 6th
of
February 2014

Below is the Contact Information of the UPS, Express Customer Service
Director Mr. Mandela Freeman, Email Address;
(upscouriescommpany@live.com) Tel: Contact them today and also send them
the security official keeping charge to avoid increase of their fees and
let me know once you receive your ATM card, Important Notice, your ATM
CARD package was registered as a gift so that the diplomatic Agent will
not know the content of your package okay.

Regards.
Mrs. Faith John.

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