419 scam: MR JIMMY GATES <account@thlsh.com> WE WAIT FOR YOUR MESSAGE TO PROCEED.

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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:
- "i will like you to " (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "commission of 10%" (Beware of any scheme that involves depositing checks or money orders or receiving wire transfers in your bank account and then wiring a portion of the funds somewhere, for a percentage of 5-15% of the total. Such offers are *always* fraudulent and you will be liable for the entire amount when the checks, money orders or wire transfers turn out to be fraudulent. Any money already forwarded comes out of *your* pocket then. )
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: MR JIMMY GATES <account@thlsh.com>
Reply-To: <james.maxsport.biz@hotmail.com>
Date: Sat, 31 Oct 2015 11:50:55 +0100
Subject: WE WAIT FOR YOUR MESSAGE TO PROCEED.

Hello there ,
Sorry for my manner of getting in touch with you ,let me introduce myself to you , My name is jimmy gates , presently based in south Africa , but i just relocated from the united kingdom about a year ago , i am an artist and i also deal in artifacts and artworks'' based on the demand of my various clients from different part of the globe.
Due to the fact that my major clients come from the united states and Canada i am looking for a private and trustworthy agent to help in receiving payment from my clients from this region'' please note that this does not interfere with your present job in any form or manner , since payment can come to you either via bank transfer or check payment , which your commission will be a 10% on any payment received .
Please i will be happy to work with a trustworthy person like i stated above , this is due to the fact that it would make it much easy for me to have my funds from the stated clients faster since at times they might want to have a check raised out to me , which can only be deposited to my bank account in the UK , and the banking policy states that such check payment takes about 21-30 days for check to go through clearance and this is really slowing productivity for me , since they would want me to have the order placed shipped out as soon as i have received such payment .
So by your accepting to be my representative in payment collection , it would make things much faster since check would be raise from any local or prime bank in your region and this should not take more than a weeks at most to clear at your bank after which you will have your commission of 10% deducted and disburse the balance out to me based on my instruction .
So please if you are willing to work for me i will like you to provide the following information below so that we can commence in earnest and all your information will be forwarded to any payment client to issue out payment as soon as possible ..

1] FULL NAME
2]FULL FORWARDING ADDRESS
3]BANK INFORMATION FOR WIRE TRANSFER
4]CONTACT CELL PHONE NUMBER TO BE REACHED .
5]SCAN PROOF OF IDENTIFICATION [ ID CARD OR PASSPORT PHOTO PAGE

I will expect to read from you in earnest with a reply to my offer and if you have any question you are free to get in touch with me .
BEST REGARDS ,
JIMMY GATES .
Jimartworld inc.co.uk

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