419 scam: "Rex Baggett"<ginc59@gmail.com> Hello..

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "here in united kingdom" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Rex Baggett" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <rexbaggett2014@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 29 Jun 2014 19:37:19 -0500
Subject: Hello..

Dear Friend,

I am Mr. Rex Baggett an Account and finance manager, I am 45 years married with three children, I entrant your utmost trust and reliance in the information which I am about passing to you for mutual benefit to both of us. I am the Account/Finance manger of BG Group PLC a crude Oil exploration and global energy marketing Company that is based here in United Kingdom, I got your contact on my confidential search on the internet of your country data base in the search for a citizen of your Country, that should stand as my foreign trustee and partner on the claim and joint utilization of some fund that is lying unclaimed in the Bank account of a foreigner who is one of the foreign contractor of this organization that died of cardiac arrest here in United Kingdom. For more information, do write me back on: rex@bg-groups.org Kindly discard this email if you are not interested.

Rex..

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