419 scam: "MRS. JEAN WOOD" <mrsjeanwood306@gmail.com> YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING,

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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:
- "money laundering" ("anti-terrorist", "anti-money laundering" or "drug-free" certificates are a common way for criminals in fake lottery scams and other Advance Fee scams to get you to send money to them. There are no such certificates in the real banking world. )
- "a security company " (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. )
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.
- jean.wood85@yahoo.com.ph (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "MRS. JEAN WOOD" <mrsjeanwood306@gmail.com>
Reply-To: <jean.wood13@yahoo.com.ph>
Date: Sat, 22 Mar 2014 01:18:38 +0100
Subject: YOU HAVE TO KNOW WHAT IS HAPPENING,

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Good day Dear,

In accordance to my religious persuasion, I felt expedient to write and
inform you on the wicked conspiracy hatched by the duo of JUSTICE
WILLIAMS and MR. LAWSON THOMPSON of the Ministry of Finance to divert
your money to their designated account in Europe.

From my position as a lowly clerk in this office, I discovered that
they moved the fund from United Kingdom to China, and then moved it last
week to Banco Italiano in ITALY. Today I found out through the Central
computer database that they are about to reroute your fund to a security
company in West Africa where they will be able to maneuver the strict
IMF money laundering regulatory orders. With this, I felt that it is
important for me to alert you on this development. They are still using
your name and contract/inheritance identification number as the
beneficiary but they have changed the account co-ordinate and this is
the reason they are frustrating you by asking for endless fees in order
to buy time pending on when they will transfer your funds to their
designated account in cayman islands.

I have the reference number of the transaction and also I have the
number of the official who is directly in charge at the SECURITY COMPANY
in Africa. Your payment is supposed to go through the BCEAO Credit
Control Financial Clearing House before final Lodgement into the
security company. All the data about your claim profile are within my
reach. I do not need gratification from you either in cash or kind. I
can never be a part of evil because the bible said YE SHALL KNOW THE
TRUTH AND THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE.

Please respect my discretion in this matter, you can send an email to
me so that I can give you the reference number and the name and contact
information of the officials of the security company. I repeat, please
do not expose my person, it is not easy to get jobs around here and I
cannot contend with these powerful individuals because they can
eliminate me just like that. You can reach me also on my new e-mail
address- jean.wood85@yahoo.com.ph I access this more often.

God bless you
Mrs. Jean Wood

Mr. Lee Chong
Chairman ZFH
Zenith Finance Home-HSBC
Telex: zfh-892hsbc
C/o Embassy of the Republic of France,
No.3, Dong San Jie,
San Li Tun,Chaoyang District,
Beijing, 100600, China

#***Electronic Transmission Code: DFHG25M71

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