419 scam: "Mr.Thomas Lifson"<marsha@littlepocketguide.com> The Anti-Cyber Crime 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:

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.
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.
- jndcoorp@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr.Thomas Lifson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <jndcoorp@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 6 Jan 2015 02:16:58 -0800
Subject: The Anti-Cyber Crime Unit

The Anti-Cyber Crime Unit

The UNITED NATIONS AND OTHER LOTTERY AND COMPENSATION OFFICES recently discussed at a congressional hearing conducted this week just how its special anti-cyber crime taskforce worked when it came to combating cyber crime and the nefarious digital machinations of web rapscallions, hacker hooligans, cyber criminals, and virtual villains. They outlined its latest accomplishments in the IT security front, which included the capture of million-dollar scammers via a synchronized raid on a thousand ATM machines a few months back.

However, truth be told, no one thinks that the U.k. Government and other goverment is fully equipped and ready to stop a really bad hacker attack against its physical or financial networks.

The Decision has been taken, and they have decided to instruct the Anti-Cyber Crime Unit to see and investigate your funds Transfer and why you are yet to get your funds.

You are now to provide Us with the following information below;

YOUR NAME; ....................

ADDRESS; ...................

SEX; ....................

MOBILE NUMBER; ......................

OCCUPATION; .......................

AMOUNT OF FUNDS TO BE CLAIMED; ................

AGENT IN CHARGE OF TRANSFER; ...............

BANK WITH YOUR UNCLAIMED FUNDS; .................

TYPE OF FUNDS; ..................

STATUS OF TRANSFER; ...................

Immidiately you provide us with the information above, we will investigate your transaction and get back to you with the full details of your funds WITHIN 24HRS.

This is to Fight the Cyber Crime and also inform you if you dealing with the right Person or not.

After the investigation we will instruct you on how to get your funds.

Anti-Cyber Crime Unit
Mr.Thomas Lifson
jndcoorp@gmail.com

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