419 scam: "Mr.Ingersoll Peter"<inf@swiss.com> INFORMATION

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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:
- ",500,000" (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)
- "00,000.00" (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.Ingersoll Peter" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <ingpe001@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 07:50:29 -0300
Subject: INFORMATION

REF: HONCR/ESP/01142/16
TRANSCODE: 311/IV-W120/Eclear-X1/16
PAYING BANK: Euroclear Bank
AMOUNT: $26,500,000.00 USD.

Attention: ,

Sir/Madam,

We hereby confirmed the receipt of the above sum into our operational
paying account with the Euroclear Bank in Switzerland for further transfer
to your account.

In order to attain to an absolute payment process, as recommended by our
fund assessment team, you may be recommended to visit the paying bank in
switzerland where you will confidently open an account for a direct
crediting of your account. This is to ensure that payment is directly made
to the right bonafide beneficiary based on the past uglyexperiences.

This process will take only (3-4) banking days without any further stress
of financial commitments. Please advice urgently.

Regards,

Mr.Ingersoll Peter
Head, Customer service.
Date: September 23th 2016

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