419 scam: "Quevedo Godofredo"<qgodofredo@aol.com> Strictly Confidential

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "is 100% risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "offshore account" (Banks mentioned in 419 scams are always fake (real banks don't communicate using mobile phones or free webmail addresses))
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.
- quevedogodofredo@hotmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Quevedo Godofredo" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <quevedogodofredo@hotmail.com>
Date: Sun, 28 Jun 2015 06:09:55 +0530
Subject: Strictly Confidential

Dear friend,

I am a staff in the audit department of Bank (HSBC), Canada.

Some years back, one of the top female aid to the former Libyan tyrant Col. Muammar Gaddafi, brought large sun of money in millions of dollars (Amount Withheld) to me and pleaded with me to assist her safeguard and move the money to an offshore account. For obvious reasons, I deposited the money in a non-bank financial Account, from there it would be released to a beneficiary without a trace. Unforfunately, the woman was among the people that was killed. I have tried to make contact to any of her family members to no avoil. Thus seeking your assistance to release the said funds to you as the beneficiary's Next Of Kin.

If you are willing to assist as the next of Kin to move the funds out to avoid confiscating the funds by the bank directors, I will provide further details once I hear from you. We will also discuss the sharing ratio as soon as you indicate your interest. Please note, this transaction is 100% risk free as all modalities for smooth transfer of the funds has been put in place.

Thanks,

Mr Quevedo Godofredo.
quevedogodofredo@hotmail.com

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