419 scam: "Mr. John Cole"<office@masterbank.kz> Good Day........... &....... Complement

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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.
The following phrases in this message should put you on alert:
- "hundred thousand united state 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)
- "you are advise to" (this email uses bad English)
- "united state dollar" (this email uses bad English)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.
This email lists mobile phone numbers. Use of such numbers is typical for scams because they allow criminals to conceal their true location. They can receive calls in an Internet cafe from where they send you emails, while pretending to be in some office.
- +2348174532286

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. John Cole" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <johncole33382@yahoo.fr>
Date: Sat, 20 Dec 2014 11:31:49 -0300
Subject: Good Day........... &....... Complement

*This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(r) Pro*
Good Day,

This is to officially inform you that your long awaited

Inheritance/Contract payment with Zenith Bank Plc has been approved

today, after a board meeting with the board of directors we have

agreed to release your payment of (1.5M USD) One Million Five Hundred

Thousand United State Dollars via our ATM MASTER CARD mode of payment.

Please you are advise to get back to us immediately, with your Full

name, Address, Occupation and telephone number, to ensure that it's

still match on what we have in our data base. Your CARD is ready and

we hope to hear back from you as soon as possible, in order to process

and deliver it to you immediately.

Call the above phone number +234-8174-532286, once you receive this

email, or you can email us back as soon as you receive this email.

Regards,

Mr. John Cole

We can be reach on this phone number +234-8174-532286 for information.

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