419 scam: "Mr. Oscar"<design@in-strm.com> From Mr. Oscar

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "million united states 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)
This email message is a 419 scam. Please see our 419 FAQ for more details on such scams.

Fraud email example:

From: "Mr. Oscar" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <smolinmikhail116@gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 10 Aug 2016 09:57:43 +0700
Subject: From Mr. Oscar

Dear Friend,

Complement of the day to you and your love ones

Please, however strange or surprising this contact might seem to you as we have not meet personally or had anymdealings in the past, I humbly ask that you take due consideration of its importance and immense benefit. However, this is not mandatory nor will I in any manner compel you to honor against your will.

I hope my email will arrive to you at good time. My name is Mr. Oscar. P. Abreu, I am a banker working with FTB Bank Cambodia, I contacted you for a reason, one of my late customer have the same family name as yours. He died 9 years ago and left, 16 million United States dollars in his account. Since then no relative have come to claim his money .. I think we can work things out.Thanks for your anticipated co-operation and my regards to your family.

If you interested to work with me to claim the money reply to me ASAP for more details.

Thanks

Mr. Oscar .P. Abreu

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