419 scam: "Mrs. Mary David"<mrs.mary_david@yahoo.co.uk> RE: VERIFICATION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING FUNDS....s

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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:
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- rev.corbin_walters@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mrs. Mary David" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rev.corbin_walters@yahoo.com>
Date: Fri, 27 Jun 2014 16:34:34 +0100
Subject: RE: VERIFICATION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING FUNDS....s

RE: VERIFICATION OF YOUR OUTSTANDING FUNDS....

I am Mrs. Mary David, from Bandaraya Quebec Canada. I was scammed of $47.000:00 Canadian Dollar within a period of 4 months last year 2013, at a time I became frustrated that I almost took my life when I felt I have lost everything so I decided to travel down to Nigeria for verification.

When I got to Nigeria, I was directed to Rev. Corbin Walters who is the Chairman UNPAID Compensation Dept, when I met with him he explained by saying whosoever that is contacting us through email is wasting his/her time because the email is not from his office which means that someone is pretend to be him and then give you fake information and at the end your transaction will not be executed.

The second day Rev. Corbin Walters, took me to the paying Bank for the claiming of my funds and the third day and I confirmed from my bank that my funds worth of ($950,000) Nine Hundred Fifty Thousand United State Dollar Only, has been credited to my account within three working days, the next day I took my flight back to the Canada, and now I am the happiest woman on earth after I have lost $47,000.00 Canadian Dollar for unnecessary documents, fees after fees to no avail but with the help of Rev. Corbin Walters, but I only paid for Non-residential permit which was $270 that was all I spent.

Moreover, Rev. Corbin Walters, showed me the full information and list of names of those that are yet to receive their funds that was how I saw your name and information that is why I decided to contact you Immediately so that you also can contact Rev. Corbin Walters, for the immediate release of your our standing funds that has been approved for payment by the present President of Nigeria.

This is the main reason why I contact you today is for you to stop dealing with those Nigerian criminals that are not with your funds, they are only making money out of you, I will advise you to contact Rev. Corbin Walters now to receive your payment. Here below is the information of Rev. Corbin Walters.

Name: Rev. Corbin Walters.

Email: rev.corbin_walters@yahoo.com

Kindly contact him with your funds release approved number /CMP/990/NG also let him know that i was the one who directed you to him. Thank you and i wish you the best of luck.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Mary David

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