419 scam: "Paul Macpherson"<paulmacpherson97@gmail.com> KINDLY READ AND RESPOND

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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:
- "million us dollars" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
- ",000,000" (they want you to be blinded by the prospect of quick money, but the only money that ever changes hands in 419 scams is from you to the criminals)
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.
- paulmacpherson97@gmail.com (Gmail/GoogleMail; can be used from anywhere worldwide)

Fraud email example:

From: "Paul Macpherson" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <paul.macph@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2016 10:06:51 -0700
Subject: KINDLY READ AND RESPOND

Greetings,
I am an independent broker based in the UK. My job is to link up
entrepreneurs/fund seekers with Investors who are ready to invest in good
business projects and ideas 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.

we are open to go into a partnership with you and give you maximum of
$200,000,000 USD. {Two hundred million US dollars} as stated by the C.E.O.
The investment size can be discussed depending on your capabilities. If
you are interested in this or you know anybody who has good business ideas
but lack the necessary capital to fund his Ideas and projects, let me know
so we can have further discussion.

please do not hesitate get back to me. on my private email
{paulmacpherson97@gmail.com}

Thank you,
Awaiting your REPLY
sincerely Yours.
Paul Macpherson

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