419 scam: Senator Philip Hill <philiphill1234@yahoo.pt> YOUR PAST EFFORT/COMPENSATION ...

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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.
This email message is a "New Partner from Paraguay" scam.
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.
- princessamaratina@yahoo.co.jp (Yahoo, Japan; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: Senator Philip Hill <philiphill1234@yahoo.pt>
Reply-To: princessamaratina@yahoo.co.jp
Date: Tue, 27 Jan 2015 19:21:04 +0800
Subject: YOUR PAST EFFORT/COMPENSATION ...

Dear:Beneficiary
How are you today? Hope all is well with you and your family? I hope this mail meets you in a perfect
condition. You may not understand why this mail came to you. But if you
do not remember me, you might have receive an email from me in the past
regarding a multi-million-dollar business proposal which we never concluded.
I'm happy to inform you about my success in getting the fund transferred to
a Swiss Account with the cooperation of a new partner from Paraguay who is an
international business man.
Presently I'm in Paraguay for investment
projects with my own share of the total sum. Meanwhile, I did not forget your
past efforts and attempts to assist me in transferring those funds despite that
it failed us some how. Now contact my secretary, her contact is: Name:
Princess Amara Tina
Email: princessamaratina@yahoo.co.jp

Ask her to send you the total sum of $1,950.000.00 ( ONE
MILLION Nine Hundred and Fifty Thousand United States Dollars) which I kept for
your compensation for all the past efforts and attempts to assist me in this
matter. I appreciated your efforts at that time very much. So feel free
and get in touch with my Secretary Princess Amara Tina.and instruct her where to
send the amount to you. Therefore, you should send her your full Name and
telephone number/your address where you want him to send the check/ATM to you.

Please do let me know immediately you receive it so that we can
share the joy after all we both have pains together at that time. In the
moment, I am very busy here because of the investment projects which I and the
new partner are having at hand. Finally, remember that I had forwarded
instruction to my secretary on your behalf to receive that money, so get in
touch with Princess Amara Tina and she will send the amount to you without any
delay. Your share of the money.
With best regards,
Senator Philip Hill

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