419 scam: charles cosmos <charlescosmos5@gmail.com> HALLMARK FINANCE HOUSE

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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 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.
- roymendi@hotmail.com (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)
- know and i will send you more details. sincerely roy mendi roymendi@hotmail.com,roymendi@mail.ru (Hotmail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: charles cosmos <charlescosmos5@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 2015 06:20:14 -0700
Subject: HALLMARK FINANCE HOUSE

Hello Dear,

My name is Mr. Roy Mendi, I work in a bank as an accountant. I
want to know if we can work together.
During the financial auditing in my bank, I discover an account with a
balance of $13.2 Million (Thirteen Million Two Hundred Thousand Dollars)
in an account of one of our foreign customers, who died with his
entire family in
a car accident on their way to Kara, northern region of Togo over ten
years ago.
He was a maintenance/re-search manager with Shell oil Development Company
in Lome, Togo.

I have made several efforts to get in touch with his family but to no
positive result.
I'm contacting you now because you bear the same surname identity and
therefore could be presented as the beneficiary to his estate with my
aid; so that the money will be sent to you as his next of kin.

If you are interested in this transaction of great mutual benefit, let
me know and I will send you more details.

Sincerely
ROY MENDI
roymendi@hotmail.com,roymendi@mail.ru

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