419 scam: "Tony Moore"<victoriaparlette@remax.net> YES WE CAN

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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 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Tony Moore" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <moore.tony2015@yandex.com>
Date: Wed, 12 Aug 2015 10:10:24 -0400
Subject: YES WE CAN

Attn:

I am Tony Moore,I am contacting you with regards to a discreet and
lucrative sensitive business venture available to my knowledge by
virtue of my position in the Company as Fund Manager.

I will furnish you with further details once I receive your response
if you are interested. I contacted you because you have what it takes
to execute the project. We can invest in projects that will yield a
high ROI mainly in following sectors: Oil/Gas, banking, real estate,
stock speculation and mining, transportation, health sector and
tobacco, communication services,Agriculture Forestry & Fishing or any
other sectors of business if you wish to partner with me.

Let us utilize this opportunity because it does not come always.Kindly
reply if you are interested.

Yours sincerely,

Tony Moore.

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