419 scam: "Mr. James Magill" <jamesm3@mags.jp.tn> FUND DISCOVERING

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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:
- "transaction is risk free" (almost true for the criminal trying to scam you - arrests of online criminals are rare)
- "dormant 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.
- jamesmagill@inbox.lv (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. James Magill" <jamesm3@mags.jp.tn>
Reply-To: <pvtmailb2@yahoo.co.jp>
Date: Fri, 25 Mar 2016 20:50:26 +0100
Subject: FUND DISCOVERING

Hello Sir
I'm Mr. James Magill, an Auditor with Boss Governance an audit firm situat=
ed here in Istanbul Turkey, over the past 2 years I have been opportune to =
work for one of the leading banks here in Istanbul Turkey and during this p=
eriod I discovered a dormant account that belongs to a Syrian national.
I have tried with the help of one of the bankers to contact the account ow=
ner and from our investigations, we discovered he has been killed along his=
entire family during this ongoing crises in Syria.
As a matter of fact, I am contacting you to come in and act as his busines=
s partner following the information we shall make available to your reach t=
o enable the bank transfer the funds to any account you may provide.
This transaction is risk free and it requires absolute confidentiality, so=
if you are sure you can handle it, then get back to me for more details th=
rough my private email address for security reasons : jamesmagill@inbox.lv
Regards,
Mr. James Magill

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