419 scam: "RIA MONEY"<srt@srt.co.th> RIA MONEY COMPANY LIMITED

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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:
- "greater london" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "cheque " (Beware of any scheme that involves cashing checks or money orders and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere - you'll be liable for the entire amount if the checks or money orders turn out to be fake, even after you have received and forwarded cash. If it's a lottery prize, remember that real lotteries do not pay large prizes by check. They wire the money directly to your bank account and you do not pay for that. Many scammers promise a large check only in order to then demand payment of courier fees for a fake courier service. )
This email message is a fake lottery scam. Consider the following facts about real lotteries:
1. They don't notify winners by email.
2. You can't win without first buying a lottery ticket.
3. They don't randomly select email addresses to award prizes to.
4. They don't use free email accounts (Yahoo, Hotmail, etc) to communicate with you.
5. They don't tell you to call a mobile phone number.
6. They don't tell you to keep your winnings secret.
7. They will never ask a winner to pay any fees to receive a prize!
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.
- i.uk@consultant.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "RIA MONEY" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <i.uk@consultant.com>
Date: Thu, 27 Nov 2014 13:17:54 +0700
Subject: RIA MONEY COMPANY LIMITED

RIA MONEY PLC Office, 21 Buckingham Palace Rd,

London, Greater London SW1W 9TQ, United Kingdom.

Winner Notification

Congratulations!!!

Your email has been selected among the five lucky-winners

of the RIA MONEY Inc.UK Company Ltd United Kingdom, for 500,000.00 GBP. (five hundred thousand

great britain pounds).

This is a reward program for the patronage of internet services, all the

worldwide email addresses entered for this promotional draws were randomly selected from an internet

resource database of registered software, Yahoo, Hotmail, Gmail, Ymail and other domain users, and

your EMAIL address appears on the Microsoft Machine as the winner of the 2014 RIA MONEY yearly

promotional Award Prize cheque of 500,000.00 GBP. (five hundred thousand great britain pounds)

In line with the rules of claims, simply reply and fill up the below and send to

i.uk@consultant.com

*************************************************************************************

Full Name:

Country:

Mobile Number:

Nationality:

Address:

House Telephone:

Age:

Occupation:

Sex:

Marital Status:

*************************************************************************************

The Financial Manager of the RIA MONEY Headquarters in UK, has already

deposited the Award Prize Cheque of 500,000.00 GBP (five hundred thousand great britain pounds) to

the our paying bank, and has also instructed them to send you a certified cheque or a visa ATM card,

Make sure you provide your current Residence or office Address which they will use to send the parcel to

you through any registered Courier Delivery services.

As soon as you received this Cheque, simply deposit it to any Bank in your country so that the Bank will

pay you the cash sum of 500,000.00 GBP (five hundred thousand great britain pounds) immediately

after the confirmation of the Cheque from the corresponding International Bank that issued it.

Please do update us as soon as the Bank in your country pays you the cash sum of 500,000.00 GBP.

Kind Regards,

#:28 Whitehall Court, London, SW1A 2EJ,

UK Agent Name: Dr. Mark Drraymond

E-Mail: i.uk@consultant.com

You are advised to send your ref number and winning no to Dr. Mark Drraymond, your broker agent

with mentioned above details to facilitate the release of your cash prize.

Yours in service,

Mrs. Maria Evarisa,

{Group Coordinator}

©Riamoney Lottery Service.

421998-68913

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