419 scam: "Michael - United Kingdom" <info@romanobeck.com> Online Currency Evaluator (OCE)

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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: "Michael - United Kingdom" <info@romanobeck.com>
Reply-To: mscarmanllapointe180@gmail.com
Date: Wed, 16 Dec 2015 00:23:23 +0800
Subject: Online Currency Evaluator (OCE)

Greetings,

We are accepting applications from individuals in the United Kingdom to
become an Online Currency Evaluator (OCE). There is no charge or fee
needed to become a currency evaluator and you do not need any work
experience. Being an evaluator does not by any way disturb your current
job as this job only requires 1 or 2 hour of your time.

The reason we decided to employ evaluators is because many Bitcoin and
Litcoin traders have been complaining of them being ripped off there
life-earned money and with this we will be able to fish out all those that
are involved in this act in the UK.

Should you be interested, your wages will be 10% of any money that will be
sent to you for evaluation purposes, more information will be given to you
on this if you signify your interest.

To signify your interest, kindly replpy with the information below:

Full Name:
Cellphone Number:
Private Email:
Country:

As soon as we receive this details, we will get back to you with further
instructions and information.

Best Regards,

Michael Van Rooyen
Online Security Department
Local Bitcoin Inc
London, United Kingdom

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