419 scam: James Mike <info.jmike1@yahoo.pt> He is waiting to receive the required information from you today!!!

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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:
- "the consignment" (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)
- "consignment " (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 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.
- info.jmike@yahoo.co.uk (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: James Mike <info.jmike1@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: James Mike <info.jmike@yahoo.co.uk>
Date: Sat, 17 Jan 2015 00:51:22 +0000 (UTC)
Subject: He is waiting to receive the required information from you today!!!

Â Attn: Valuable Customer,
We wish to inform you that the Agent conveying your Consignment Brief Case Box valued the sum of ($2.3M US) misplaced your mailing address on transmit and he is currently stranded at your international airport with your Â Consignment Brief Case Box. We required you reconfirm the following information to him, so he can complete the delivery contain your consignment box.
Full Name:Current Address:Mobile No:Age:Marital Status:Name of Your Nearest Airport:A Copy of Your Passport/Drivers License,(If possible)
Contact Person: James MikeEmail: Â info.jmike@yahoo.co.uk
He is waiting to receive the required information from you today. INFO: The agent doesn't know that the content of the box is $2.3Million USD and on no circumstances should you let him know about what it contain, the consignment Brief Case Box was moved from here as family treasures, so never allow him to open it, Please make sure you do not disclose body of this letter to him so that he won't be able to know what is inside the Â Brief Case Box.
NOTE: According to your partner who deposited this Consignment Brief Case Box in our Company DHL, told us that he had an uncompleted business with you a year ago regarding a Bank to Bank wire transfer proposal which you both never concluded. Now he wants to use this medium to inform you that the Bank to Bank wire transfer business has been concluded with another person who financed it to a logical conclusion. He thanks you for your great effort to the unfinished transfer of funds into your account due to one reason or the other best known to you.
But he wants to inform you that he has successfully transferred the funds out of the bank to his new partner's account in Qatar whom was capable of assisting him in the great venture. Due to your effort, sincerity, courage and trustworthiness you showed during the course of the transaction to him, he said to us that he wants to compensate you and show his gratitude to you with the sum of $2.3 MILLION USD and He deposited the Funds Consignment Brief Case Box with our Company DHL before he traveled to Qatar in Western Asia to set up a project. And please do make you forward the info required to him.
Yours sincerelyMrs. Lila Ablasse

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