419 scam: "Prof. Pat <SEAL@transip.nl>"@mail101c7.megamailservers.com INVESTIGATIONS UNIT.

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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.
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Prof. Pat <SEAL@transip.nl>"@mail101c7.megamailservers.com
Reply-To: patbruce@qq.com
Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2014 13:51:22 -0600
Subject: INVESTIGATIONS UNIT.

INTERNATIONAL FUNDS TRANSFER / AUDIT UNIT.
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UNITED NATIONS INTERNATIONAL OFFICE FOR HUMAN RIGHTS
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MONITORING AND INVESTIGATIONS UNIT.
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From: Prof. Pat Bruce
september 2014
It might interest you to know that the American business Community, Europe=
an Business Community, Asia International Business Community came into one =
umbrella and institute a legal suit over what they called =2018=2019OVER DU=
E DEBT PAYMENT=2019=2019 in THE HAGUE through the assistance of the UN Huma=
n right. The case has been won by the group and names of the beneficiaries =
listed accordingly.
The Countries that where penciled down are Britain, Spain, Nigeria, Ghana,=
Republic of Togo, Cote D=2019Ivoire and South Africa. We have harmonize th=
e debt payment system with this countries under what is called =2018=2019He=
avily indebted poor Countries Initiative=2019=2019
Your name has been listed for payment and you have $15.5 million approved =
on your name.
You are required to send your data for confirmation which include: 1. your=
full names. 2. Address, occupation and age.
As soon as the data is confirmed, your fund will be processed accordingly.
Yours faithfully,
Prof. Pat Bruce

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