419 scam: "Dr. Peter Simons."<petersimons@bk.ru> Hello: Please Read And Respond.MS.SS.G2.

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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:
- "dear beneficiary," (this SPAM email was probably sent to thousands of people)
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.
- peter.simons1@aol.com (AOL; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Dr. Peter Simons." (may be fake)
Reply-To: <peter_simons1960@outlook.com>
Date: Fri, 20 Mar 2015 05:10:04 -0400
Subject: Hello: Please Read And Respond.MS.SS.G2.

Dear Beneficiary,

I hope that this correspondence is received with the urgency
and expediency required.

It has come to the notice of the Board of Trustees of the Federal
Reserve Bank here in Washington, D.C. that your present inheritance
claims application being handled by the Remitting Bank in Nigeria is
experiencing some man made irregularities.To this effect, it has become
necessary for the Board of Trustees to assign trained Fund Transfer
Specialists from the United States to resolve and regularize your fund
release with immediate effect.

We at Peter Simons & Consults have been duly consulted by the
FRB Board of Trustees. We have been fully informed about how the
staff of the remitting bank has been taking advantage of you by
telling you to pay unnecessarily exorbitant charges which will only
make your fund payment a long drawn out process.

Due to this development, we have been assigned to step into the
immediate processing of your fund transfer to enable your funds to be
transferred to you within the shortest possible time. To implement this,
you are to get back to us immediately without needing to pay all the
huge sums of monies that are being demanded from you by the previous
handlers at the remitting bank.

All processes to have your funds paid to you immediately through the CBN's
Liaison Remittance Office in New York, USA have been initiated to cut out
unnecessary costs.You are advised to treat this communication with the
urgency and seriousness required as the Board of Trustees of the Federal
Reserve Bank has mandated us to resolve this fund payment within the next
three working days independent of the office of the Remitting Bank in Africa.

Furthermore,you are hereby advised to pay no further fees or charges to the
Remitting Bank in Nigeria as they shall no longer be handling your payment
process.

We shall await your immediate correspondence with your direct telephone
numbers to my private email address at (peter.simons1@aol.com) for
re-confirmation so that we may conclude your payment immediately.

Yours Sincerely,
Peter Simons.
Peter Simons & Consults.

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