419 scam: "Rev. Norman Brentley"<ikvs1@esoo.ru> New Message from Rev. Norman Brentley {Contact Secretary}.

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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:
- "dear friend" (a common phrase found in 419 scams)
- "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)
- "united state of america" (this email uses bad English)
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.
- michaelhills477@gmail.com (email address has been used in a known fraud before)

Fraud email example:

From: "Rev. Norman Brentley" (may be fake)
Reply-To: <michaelhillsdept@gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 20 Oct 2016 05:12:53 +0700
Subject: New Message from Rev. Norman Brentley {Contact Secretary}.

MOORE ENGINEERING COMPANY,
2035 Westchester Drive
Silver Spring,MD,20036
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA

Dear Friend,

I'm Rev. Norman Brentley from Silver Spring,MD, I have been a Freelancer civil engineering contractor that work mostly with Big Companies Like {Brookfield Multiplex, Fomento de Construcciones my Contratas,Davis Langdon } and more and do work abroad too, I got involved in one contract in Texas which my payment was refused, I was down and almost lose hope. After one year of the project i later talked to God to assist me in getting this money.

I made a vow to benefit someone with the sum of $1.5 Million US Dollars as a title payment if my payment could be approved and to my surprise i was called upon by the United State Government in conjunction with the IRS sometimes last month that my contract files have been looked into and was ready for payment;I never believed it until went into prayers until the lord answered my bitterness and unbelievable i was paid this money in cash.

Due to my vow to God i have agreed to show the person that i will be sending the $1.5 Million US Dollars through ballot system on the internet which happened to be your email so you are lucky. What you have to do now is to get in touch with my new secretary Micheal Hills and instruct him on how to send your $1.5 Million US Dollars in form as a Debit MasterCard to you.

BELOW IS THE CONTACT OF MY SECRETARY
Micheal Hills
e-mail address: { michaelhills477@gmail.com }
for customer care& text message only 1- 646-531-9705

Send to Micheal Hills your contact address and telephone number and let him make arrangement for shipment of your Debit MasterCard to your doorstep and also you can give him a call to confirm your address. What i want you to believe now is that this is the opportunity which God has placed on me to give this vow as a compensate to you this month so it's better you have it in time before it goes, you should contact my new secretary in time. And for your information presently i'm in the Canada for another contract which i need to build a great missionary church and i want you to go into prayer with me for the success of this project.

With Best regards,
Rev. Norman Brentley
God Bless America.

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