419 scam: "Mr.Pedro Francisco" <pedro.francisco@onet.pl> My name is Mr.Pedro Fransico From Angola.I Need You Assistance

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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:
- "hundred thousand us 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)
- ",500,000" (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)
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.
- pedrofr@accountant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Pedro Francisco" <pedro.francisco@onet.pl>
Reply-To: <pedrofrans@mail.com>
Date: Mon, 6 Oct 2014 06:00:33 -0300
Subject: My name is Mr.Pedro Fransico From Angola.I Need You Assistance

Hello Dear,

My name is Mr.Pedro Fransico, a reputable banker here with the BANCO
ATLÁNTICO ANGOLA, and I have in my bank the existence of $10,500,000.00
(ten Million Five Hundred Thousand US Dollars) that belongs to a deceased
customer named Mr.Williams Miller,a citizen of your country.

This amount is now in my bank without any claim because the deceased died
in a deadly earthquake in china in 2008, and left nobody for the claim of
his deposited fund. So I hereby request your assistance to receive this
fund into your account as the beneficiary because the deceased did not
mention any next of kin when the account was opened.

Please kindly send me your reply of interest to (Pedrofr@accountant.com)
so that I will give you more details on how to proceed.

I am not a greedy person, so I am suggesting we share the funds
equal,which is 50% / 50% to both parties.

Best Regards,
Mr.Pedro Fransico

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