419 scam: info<albuquerque@unetvale.com.br> Investment

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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:
- "million united states 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)
- "million us 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)
- ",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)
- "00,000.00" (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.
- col.raymond@yahoo.es (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: info<albuquerque@unetvale.com.br>
Reply-To: col.raymond@yahoo.es
Date: Thu, 29 Jan 2015 02:01:42 +0530
Subject: Investment

Sir, Good day to you, my name is Col. Raymond G.Toth, an American Air force=
Deputy Officer, serving with the U.S military with the Third infantry Divi=
sion here in Fallujah about 69 kilometers west of Baghdad Iraq. I and my su=
perior officers were assigned to move funds belonging to Nouri Kamil Mohamm=
ed Hasan al-Maliki (Former Prime Minister of Iraq) and his regime leaders, =
the total of US$150,000,000.00 (One hundred and Fifty million US dollars) t=
hat we found during one of our raiding, where they were hidden in container=
s. We were also assigned to supervise the flying of the money out of the co=
untry to a secured location for counting purposes and eventually to be retu=
rned to Iraq for rebuilding. On the way we cornered the sum of ($8million) =
eight million United States dollars and safely deposited with a private sec=
urity vault in Dubai United Arab Emirates. Since then the funds has been th=
ere for the tension to calm down before we can move it out for investment. =
Basically since we are still working for the government, we cannot keep the=
se funds. I am mandated to look for a trustworthy person to help us claim t=
his funds and that is why I have contacted you, so that you can help us for=
investment in your country growing economy. You can contact me for now onl=
y through this email:col.raymond@yahoo.es for more details. I will explain =
details of how we will go about it after I receive your reply. make sure yo=
u contact me on this email col.raymond@yahoo.es Waiting urgently to hear fr=
om you if you are comfortable with this proposal otherwise do not respond. =
My regards. Col. Raymond G.Toth.

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