419 scam: Peter Holt <pt7holt@gmail.com> OPPORTUNITY

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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:
- ",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)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "dormant account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
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.
- p.190holt@yahoo.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: Peter Holt <pt7holt@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 5 Dec 2014 20:57:44 +0000
Subject: OPPORTUNITY

Greetings,

Briefly, I am Peter Holt a citizen of UK and work as a group finance
director in Lloyds Bank London.

I discovered a dormant account in my office as Group Finance Director with
Lloyds Bank London. It will be in my interest to transfer this fund worth
{Â£20,000,000} Twenty million GB Pounds Sterling in an account offshore. If
you can be a collaborator to this please indicate interest immediately for
us to proceed. This transfer is 100% risk free. I have arranged all the
necessary modalities to ensure a successful transfer of the fund.

Please this is absolutely confidential, no other person in the bank knew
about it. This transfer will be concluded within 10 Bank working days if
you follow my directives as an insider.

Your contact phone numbers and name will be necessary for this effect.

Please reply me on my private email at p.190holt@yahoo.com

Regards and respect,

Peter Holt
Group Finance Director
Lloyds Bank London

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