419 scam: "philiptano@libero.it" <philiptano@libero.it> From: Mr. Philippe Tanovan..

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "dear sir/madam" (a standard Nigerian greeting phrase)
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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)
- "million united states dollars" (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)
- "you will be entitled to 30%" (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)
This email message is a next of kin scam.
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.
- phlliptano5007@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "philiptano@libero.it" <philiptano@libero.it>
Date: Tue, 2 Sep 2014 16:54:56 +0200 (CEST)
Subject: From: Mr. Philippe Tanovan..

From: Mr. Philippe Tanovan..
Kutxa Bank (bbk) Madrid, Spain.
Tel/Fax Number: +34 91 790 3953
Email: phlliptano5007@gmail.com

Attenstion!!!

Dear Sir/Madam,

I am Mr. Philippe Tanovan, (Auditing) Kutxa Bank Madrid, Spain (Auditing and
Accounting Department) and the Private Banking Investment Account officer of
LATE Mr. Jean-Louis Pereau, who is the resident/Chief Executive Officer of
Falcon Engineering Services France. Herein referred as my customer.On the 2nd,
of September 1998 at: 11:16 p.m. EDT (0316 GMT ,Swissair Jetliner, with 229
passengers on board bound from New York JFK to Geneva, Switzerland, crashed
catastrophically off the coast of Nova Scotia vanishes from radar near Nova
Scotia Halifax, my deceased client Mr. Jean-Louis Pereau, and his wife Mrs.
Mary Pereau with their three children Joelle Pereau, Sylvie Pereau and Yves
Pereau were involved in a horrific flight crash, 215 passengers and 14 crew
members unfortunately lost their lives in the disastrous crash of Swissair
Flight 111. May their gentle souls rest in glorious peace men.

Subsequently I encompass numerous enquiries to locate any of my customers
extended relatives this has also proved unsuccessful. After these numerous
unsuccessful attempts, I decided to contact you to forward your particulars for
claim; hence I contacted you as the NEXT of KIN to my LATE client. I have
contacted you to assist in repatriating his chattels and capital value amounted
to US$40,000,000.00 (Forty Million United States Dollars), which his account
has been dormant since 1998 and has accumulated interest with Kutxa Bank.I
consequently request your maximum assistance and approvals to facilitate the
clearance of my LATE client's chattels and capital value before they get
confiscated or enthusiastically declared unserviceable by the authorities and
Kutxa Bank , where these huge funds were deposited. However, the International
finance organization has issued me a final notice to present his family NEXT of
KIN for claim or have the consignment confiscated.

Therefore, on receipt of your encouraging response, we shall discuss the
compulsory modalities. I have all permissible indispensable instruments for
your claim. Note that you will be entitled to 30% of the total inheritance
while 7% will be set aside for any unexpected expenditure and 63% for me and my
colleagues. In conclusion, I will appoint the assistance of a legal
practitioner to prepare the last WILL of testament notarized for claim in your
favor, your assistance is exceedingly obligatory in order to accomplish this
entire ransaction and I guarantee that this operation will be executed under a
legitimate arrangement that will protect us from any breach of law.

Please View Website of Disaster to confirm true life story of our LATE
customer:

http://www.cnn.com/WORLD/americas/9809/07/swissair.victims.list/index.html

Best Regards

Mr. Philippe Tanovan.

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